Women's History Month
 Not All Women Wore Love Beads Thousands of women volunteered to go to Vietnam, risking their lives to care for our country's wounded and dying and to use their skills throughout the world in a variety of capacities.  Working mostly in military hospitals, aboard ships and with evacuation squadrons, these brave women provided care, comfort, and a warm human touch to soldiers who were wounded in action. About ten percent of them were air traffic controllers, communications specialists, intelligence officers, or clerks working for all the branches of the armed services.
During the war, hundreds of women served in areas under fire.  The names of eight such women are inscribed on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. 
1st Lt. Sharon Ann Lane - Honored on Panel 23W, Row 112
2nd Lt. Pamela Dorothy Donovan - Honored on Panel 53W, Row 043
Lt. Col. Annie Ruth Graham - Honored on Panel 48W, Row 012
Capt. Mary Therese Klinker - Honored on Panel 01W, Row 122
2nd Lt. Carol Ann Elizabeth Drazba - Honored on Panel 05E, Row 046
2nd Lt. Elizabeth Ann Jones - Honored on Panel 05E, Row 047
Capt. Eleanor Grace Alexander - Honored on Panel 31E, Row 008
1st Lt. Hedwig Diane Orlowski - Honored on Panel 31E, Row 015 
   
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