Donut Dolly Kathy Hoff in the patented powder blue ARC uniform in Vietnam (https://www.redcross.org) by Todd DePastino We talk a lot about Vietnam Red Cross "Donut Dollies" at the Veterans Breakfast Club. Everyone loves to love them. Vietnam Veterans love them for the work they did boosting morale at camps, fire bases,
by Libbie Hegvik My parents met at Camp Eagle, Phu Bai, Vietnam, in 1969. My dad, Ben Thornal, was an Army helicopter pilot who had just landed in camp to find no one around. Someone told him that everyone was at the mess hall, where some Red Cross "Donut Dollies" were putting on a
By Clem Blazewick In October 1966, I learned I’d be leaving Vietnam on December 15 for my next duty station, Camp Zama, Japan. When December 15 rolled around, I picked up my papers from Administration, said goodbye to my fellow laboratory technicians at 93rd Evacuation Hospital in Long Binh and hitched a ride to
By Todd DePastino Vietnam announced plans to build a $67 billion high-speed railway from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon). Ground will break in 2027, and the first trains will run in 2035. The route will stretch almost 1,000 miles, north to south, and promises to more tightly connect the two ancient
by Andy Nigut Andy Nigut served in Golf Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division in I Corps near the DMZ in 1968, when he was almost mortally wounded by an enemy rocket in the face and body. After a long recovery, Andy became a VA counselor, and, with other young combat veterans,
A Marine’s Letter Home Paul Keaveney, of Smyrna Beach, Florida, served in Vietnam as a Lance Corporal with the 3rd Force Recon Company, First Marine Division. In February of 1970, during a patrol in the A Shau Valley, he and his fellow Marines ended up in a firefight with NVA. For his actions that
