Diana Dell grew up in East Vandergrift, PA and later graduated from West Virginia University with a degree in journalism. Before going to Vietnam with the USO, she worked as a newspaper journalist and as a schoolteacher. After leaving Vietnam, she worked for the USO in Europe and then as a freelance writer and photographer. She has taught Vietnam War history and journalism in college, and today she divides her writing time between Boston and Clearwater, Florida. The Vietnam Era Educational Center is located adjacent to the New Jersey Vietnam Veterans Memorial off the Garden State Parkway exit 116.
Regular admission is free for veterans and active-duty military personnel.