Women Veterans: Untold Stories of Vietnam

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With a draw of over 500,000 protestors, the Moratorium March on Washington, an immense demonstration and teach-in against the Vietnam War in 1969, took place 49 years ago today.
However, the anti-war movement is only part of the story. Under the guidance of #BCfamily’s Brooklyn College Department of History professor, author, and director of the Brooklyn College Veterans Oral History Project Philip F. Napoli, we take a look at a lesser-known group who played a vital role in the Vietnam War: women veterans.
To learn more, visit Philip F. Napoli, the Brooklyn College Veterans Oral History Project, and the Department of History online:
🔗 philipnapoli.com
🔗 www.brooklyn.edu/history
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@felixmadison5736 4 ай бұрын

As an army vet of the Vietnam War who was severely wounded by mortar fire in 1969, may God bless all those wonderful women who saved the lives of 'kids' like me. I'm glad I can finally say, 'Thank you.'

@ronnieterry9275 3 жыл бұрын

I was in I Corp 1968 1969 and I remember two of these women visiting our battalion in April of 69. It was great to have these women visit us. I saw very few women in my military days in South Vietnam that were from USA or English speaking background. My unit was 5-1-11 Infantry. We traveled to South Vietnam in July 1968 as a unit from Ft. Carson, Colorado

@ronnieterry9275 2 жыл бұрын

@@sabrinamurphy4009 I don't know of any celebrations of the war we fought in south Vietnam. Our leaders of that time told us that we should help our allies (south Vietnam). The reality of the war was our president at that time LBJ micro managed the huge portion of the bombing campaign therefore much the bombing was not not effective in stopping the aggression from north Vietnam. If the bombing campaign had been correctly managed the agression from north Vietnam would have been stopped in six months. What really happened was LBJ micro managed the bombing selecting the bombing targets. Unfortunately most of the bombing targets were not the real military targets. The reality of the war was fought similarly to the war in Afghanistan. The enemy was allowed to leave the battlefield and go to a safe place and our military was prevented from pursuing the enemy. It was just a mess the planning and execution of the war poorly handled. Afghanistan was the same poorly planned and executed. Both wars we allowed approximately 200 billion dollars of military supplies to fall into the hands of the enemy. There were definitely no celebrations at the close of either war.

@ronnieterry9275 2 жыл бұрын

@@sabrinamurphy4009 like I just mentioned former president Johnson micro managed the bombing. The bombing should have been military targets, the military training, the military planning, and military equipment wherever it was assembled before it was sent into south Vietnam by way of the roads and trails. Our only mission was to stop agression from the communist government of north Vietnam on the people of south Vietnam.

@themeat5053 Жыл бұрын

Good job Dr. Napoli. Welcome home, ladies.

@jcaleca60 3 жыл бұрын

The unsung heroes thank you for your service

@barrywalker8790 3 жыл бұрын

Great video had on idea of these very brave women well done these women should have more recognition

@markjfox866 Ай бұрын

Brave souls helping the needing soldiers

@williamturner1517 Жыл бұрын

Saw a couple of these women at Phu Loi, 1968. My reaction was "take it or leave".

@Janellabelle Жыл бұрын

Lol I'm here because the other day I thought no American women at all were there. Women really didn't have the door wide open for us yet during this. Like she said though, we've come a long way. We really have. Thank you for your sacrifice, everyone. It probably slowed down communism quite a bit. We probably can never measure that kind of thing exactly. I do not want to keep trying to bring democracy to other nations. I wouldn't give 1 American soldier for a million democratic strangers. We should take care of our own better. And yes, I'm speaking about American soldiers. Let's not keep doing this. Every one is a sacrifice of their life (even if they don't die they are still massively affected) that we should send into danger only in the most dire of situations.

@joelgalvan8358 Жыл бұрын

The nurses gave it all they had,to comfort and help the wounded..

@leaburns9599 11 ай бұрын

*** 💘 Thank you 😊 💓 🙏 ☺ ❤ 😘 for your informative input!

@nikonmark37814 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome women, I had no idea. Thank you for making this video.

@BrooklynCollegeCUNY 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Mark! We're grateful for the opportunity to highlight Professor Napoli's work and spread the important stories of these women.

@merle9482 2 жыл бұрын

Yes .... our service women from Nam need thier stories told ..... M. B. Jones USN

@JohnSmith-xd8do Жыл бұрын

A grand total of 600 military girls served in Vietnam, all were nurses. One was KIA

@SandfordSmythe Ай бұрын

Women officers

@amandawhisnant622 3 жыл бұрын

I admit, I didn't quite see the entire vietnam war doc, but it seemed that they didn't mention the vietnam nurses and there are the names of 8 female nurses on the wall in washington, dc. I don't recall any mention of the "donut dollies".

@arthurbrumagem3844 Жыл бұрын

My first big battle when I got to Vietnam with the 173rd airborne brigade was to secure an SF compound for an impending attack. As a young paratrooper I was pumped for battle. Well ,all of a sudden a flight of Huey’s came in loaded with Red Cross girls ( donut Dollie’s to us ) for a night of partying and whatever. They left the next morning. We were in reality securing a potential orgy. At that point I had to admire SF tactics 😂

@markjfox866 Ай бұрын

Heros of war A bad war. Brave unarmed docs nurses an donut dollys 🙏🏼👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🎖🎖🎖🎖🎖🎖🎖