Donut Dolly: An American Red Cross Girl's War in Vietnam

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315 Endnotes preface 1. Today we would be called “women.” In 1964 we referred to each other as “girls.” We wore our title, Red Cross Girls, as proudly as any soldier wore his rank. Only 627 had earned the right to call themselves that in Vietnam. Politically correct ? No. Historically correct? Yes. We always wrote the name of the country as two words, Viet Nam, during my time there, but I have changed it to modern English rendering, Vietnam, for this publication. 2. Jeff Foxworthy, Redneck Comedy Tour 2009, Comedy Central, 18 Dec. 2009. 3. Ernie Pyle, Here Is Your War (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2004), 325. 4. Jill LeSueur York, Reunion Book Chair, American Red Cross Reunion Book Committee, et al., Red Cross Reunion ’93, From Saigon to DC: The American Red Cross Women Who Served (Bowie, MD: Volunteers from the American Red Cross, 1995). 5. United States, Military Advisory Command Vietnam (MACV) Directive 930-1 (Supersedes 940-1, 24 March 1968) 14 June 1970. 6. “The Clubmobile Program is a mobile service which extends the recreation program to military personnel in any location in the RVN (Republic of Vietnam) to which the military authorizes travel and provides transportation. Priority is given to combat and combat support units in isolated areas.” . 7. “A Place on the Wall and in Our Hearts: American, Australian and New Zealand Civilian and Military Women Who Died in the Vietnam War (1959–1975)” Women Who Died in the Vietnam War, 2007 . Margaret Hodge, American Red Cross Reunion Book, 1993. 8. United States Congress, Senate, Hearings before the Senate Committee on Public Lands, Reserved Water and Resource Conservation: Margaret Hodge, statement submitted to Hearings on S.J. Res. 156, also presented orally to the House subcommittee headed by Mary Rose Oakar. Senate Hearing, Oct. 29, 1985 -The Bill was S. J. Res 156. Testimony is S. Hrg. 99-424. MINERVA, Quarterly Report on Women and the Military, Vol. IV, Number 1; Pasadena, MD: The MINERVA Center, Inc., Spring 1986 (Washington, D.C.: The Congressional Record, 1986). 316 Donut Dolly 9. American College Dictionary, (New York: Random, 1967) 1242. 10. Lawrence Grzywinski, SP-4, E-4, HHC 2ND Battalion, 2ND Infantry (Mech), 1st Infantry Division, Company Armorer and Supply, July 1966-July 1967, Combat Infantry Badge, Army Commendation Medal. Emails to author, Mar. 2010. 11. The U.S. Census Bureau (2004) reports there are 8.2 million “Vietnam Era Veterans.” Of these, 2.59 million are reported to have served “in country”.”Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA) of 1974”. U.S. Department of Labor. http://www.dol.gov/esa/regs/compliance/ofccp/fsvevraa.htm 12. Pyle, 89. 13. Pyle, 90. 14. Pyle, 319. 15. Michael W. McGhie, Vietnam D 2/8 Cav 68-69; 8th Cavalry Regiment Columnist , Saber, 1st Cavalry Division Association, Copperas Cove, TX, Email, Feb. 2010. Passed away at Angry Skipper Reunion, May 2011. 16. Jennifer Young, Red Cross, Dong Ba Thin, Tuy Hoa, CRAB, 4th Div, Vietnam. 17. John Ahrenberg, 1st Armor Division (Old Ironsides) Feb. 68-69, Email, June 2008. 18. William P. Conboy, 25th Div Oct. 64–April 65; 1st Inf. Wounded, July 66 – Jan. 67; 1st Cav 69-70. U.S. Mail, 5 July 2008. 19. Richard C. Morris, Lieutenant Colonel, US Army, Retired, August 1962– August 1963, MAAG-Vietnam, 14th RGT, 9th ARVN Division, Phu Cat, II CTZ; December 1967–December 1968, MACV District Advisor, Thuan Nhon, IV Corps. Email, July 2008. Chapter 1: On My Way to the War 1. . 2. . 3. . 4. . 5. Emily Yellin, Our Mothers’ War: American Women at Home and at the Front During World War II (New York: Free Press, 2004), 178. 6. Yellin, 175. 7. . 8. “Military and Red Cross Partnership,” www.redcross.org, accessed January 13, 2011. 9. . LeSueur York, 1–8. 10. The US Centennial of Flight Commission, established by the US Congress Centennial of Flight Commemoration Act, Public Law 105-389, Nov. 13, 1998. The Flying Tigers were the American Volunteer Group, assembled by Claire Chennault , a leading developer of combat tactics for pursuit aircraft. President Roosevelt unofficially supported them. They fought the Japanese for China, operating from December 20, 1941, to July 4, 1942. After May they flew supplies to China Endnotes 317 from India on a route called “The Hump.” “They became heroes back home. Americans needed to feel they were doing something to avenge Pearl Harbor.” 11. Walter J. Hermes...