Your Mother Wore Combat Boots: On the Role of Women in Vietnam
Channel: David Pope
Date: 06/02/2018

Women in Vietnam: On the Role of Women in Vietnam.  7,500 to 8,500 American Military Women served in the Vietnam War.  87% to 90% were nurses, mostly Army Nurses, but also Navy Nurses and Air Force Flight Nurses.  1,200 women served in administrative positions.

8 American military women died in Vietnam, 7 Army Nurses and one Air Force Flight Nurse.

Alternate version of a live lecture, presented at Sketicamp, with the River Valley Freethinkers, on 12 August 2017.

Background music: "Lost Time", composed by Kevin MacLeod http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/music.html
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