I have heard numbers over the years from a few thousand to thirty-five thousand. Like women of other wars, they were virtually forgotten. Now to the present, when we have women as chopper pilots flying close support missions during the Persian Gulf War. That, to me, is as close to combat as you can get. If the enemy is in range, so are you.
Incoming artillery has the right of way.
He lives in Northern California and is a poet and author. He served in the 101st Airborne in Vietnam and was a drill instructor.