When the Vietnam War came, about 11,000 women were stationed in Vietnam. Unlike World War 1 and World War 2 that consisted only nurses, military women held more roles, such as physicians, air traffic controllers, officers, and new corps such as the Army Medical Specialist Corps. Due to the American presence in South Vietnam in the 1960s, it led to a greater demand for women in the Army Nurse Corps.
Women in the armed forces faced many debates when it involved them being in combat zones despite the requests of servicewomen being deployed to South Vietnam. Military officials argued that combat zones were not appropriate for American women. In addition to not being employed in positions that are not in standard of the cultural pattern of using women services in the country. A belief I encounter that I did not agree with was …show more content…
It took a long period of time to women to start gaining equal equality in the civilian world and in the military. Just like World War 1 and World War 2, servicewomen were treated as second class soldiers and experience a lot of sexual harassment. Although many women in the service dealt with many hardships, there were few who earned high honors for their bravery. Upon researching women who have achieve high honors medal, five Navy nurse received the Purple Heart after surviving a Vietnam bombing in 1964 on Christmas Eve. Despite their injuries, they treated other wounded soldiers, becoming the first female’s receive a Purple heart in the Vietnam War. In 1967, Capt. Eleanor Grace Alexander and First Lieutenant Hedwig Diane Orlowski were awarded the Bronze Sat after perishing in a plane crash. Another servicewomen was First lieutenant Sharon Ann Lane, who was awarded the Vietnamese Gallantry Cross and the Bronze star for her heroism. Dying from a rocket attack on a hospital, the first service women to be killed in a direct assault from an
Women in the armed forces faced many debates when it involved them being in combat zones despite the requests of servicewomen being deployed to South Vietnam. Military officials argued that combat zones were not appropriate for American women. In addition to not being employed in positions that are not in standard of the cultural pattern of using women services in the country. A belief I encounter that I did not agree with was …show more content…
It took a long period of time to women to start gaining equal equality in the civilian world and in the military. Just like World War 1 and World War 2, servicewomen were treated as second class soldiers and experience a lot of sexual harassment. Although many women in the service dealt with many hardships, there were few who earned high honors for their bravery. Upon researching women who have achieve high honors medal, five Navy nurse received the Purple Heart after surviving a Vietnam bombing in 1964 on Christmas Eve. Despite their injuries, they treated other wounded soldiers, becoming the first female’s receive a Purple heart in the Vietnam War. In 1967, Capt. Eleanor Grace Alexander and First Lieutenant Hedwig Diane Orlowski were awarded the Bronze Sat after perishing in a plane crash. Another servicewomen was First lieutenant Sharon Ann Lane, who was awarded the Vietnamese Gallantry Cross and the Bronze star for her heroism. Dying from a rocket attack on a hospital, the first service women to be killed in a direct assault from an