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Minnesota native who helped create Vietnam Women's Memorial receives Presidential Citizens Medal
MINNEAPOLIS — A Minnesota native who served as an army nurse during the Vietnam War and lobbied Congress to make the Vietnam Women's Memorial received the Presidential Citizens Medal on Thursday ...
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The American Women Who Served in the Vietnam War are Unsung Heroines
Over 265,000 American women served in the military during the Vietnam War, including 11,000 in Vietnam. Women’s History Month ...
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MN native awarded Presidential Citizens Medal for Vietnam War service, memorial
Diane Carlson Evans, from Buffalo, Minnesota, was awarded the Presidential Citizens Medal for her military service and founding the Vietnam Women's Memorial Foundation. Although Evans could not ...
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Native Americans Have Always Answered the Call to Serve: National VFW Day 2020
Unlike African American servicemen and women, Native Americans were ... their patriotism again during the Vietnam era. More than 42,000 Native Americans fought in Vietnam, more than 90 percent ...