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Women in The Post World Wars Korean War 1950-1953 At this time I am currently researching prominent women from the Korean War. If you have any information on this please Email Me Vietnam War 1964-1973 1st Lt Sharon Lane: ? Born: 1943 Canton, Ohio Died: June 8, 1969 at the age of 26 Lt Sharon Lane was killed during a hostile attack on June 8, 1969 In Vietnam. She died from shrapnel wounds when the 312th Evac was hit by rockets. She was awarded the Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with the Palm and bronze star for herioism. 1970 The Recovery Room at Fitzsimmons Army Hospital in Denver was Dedicated in her honor. She was originally assign there before going to Vietnam. May 29, 1973 A bronze statue was constructed in her honor at the Aultman Hospital in Canton, Oh. She attended nursing school at the hospital. The names of 110 serviceman who died in Vietnam are listed at the bottom of this statue. This statue was built by local collected funds. March, 1986 Aultman Hospital opened the Sharon Lane Women's Center May 26, 1986 "The Canton Chapter #199" of the Vietnam Veterans of America became the "Sharon Lane Chapter #199". Sept 12, 1995 The Sharon Lane Volunteer Center was dedicated at Fort Hood, Texas. There are two roads that are named after her: Denver, Colorado, and Fort Belvoir, Virginia. The Ohio Society of Military History in Massillon, Ohio there is a a permanent display in her honor. On the Wall at 23W 112 1st Lt Hedwig Diane Orlowski Born: 1944, Detroit, Michigan Died: November 30, 1967 at the age of 23 Orlowski was stationed in the 67th Evac in Qui Nhon, was sent to a hospital in Pleiku when additional nurses were need to help with all the injured soldiers. The plane crashed on the return trip to Qui Nhon, killing her and three other crew members aboard. Also aboard was Capt Eleanor Grace Alexander. Both were awarded Bronze Stars. On the Wall at 31E 015 2nd Lt Carol Ann Elizabeth Drazba, and 2nd Lt. Elizabeth Ann Jones Died: Feb 18, 1966 at the age of 22. Both were assigned to the 3rd Field Hospital in Saigon, and died in a helicopter crash near Saigon. Lt Col Annie Ruth Graham Born: 1916 Died: August 1968 at the age of 52 Col Graham was the Chief Nurse at 91st Evac Hospital in Tuy Hoa. She suffered a stroke and then was transported to Japan where she died four days later. She is a veteran of both World War II, and Korean War. On the Wall at 48W 012 Dr. Eleanor Ardel Vietti Born:05 November 1927 (Ft. Worth TX) Home City: Houston TX Died:30 May 1962(???? This is her date of loss) Ardel Vietti was a twin and was born on November 5, 1927 in Ft. Worth, Texas. Her father was a geologist and provided Ardel, her sister and brother with a comfortable youth, as well as the experience of living in South America for several years. Ardel attended Rice Institute, Nyack Missionary College (one summer), and attended medical school at the University of Texas. Following her residency, she applied for foreign service with C&MA and was certified for appointment to the Ban Me Thuot Leprosarium in Vietnam. First American Woman POW In Vietnam Went There With Noble Intentions By Bethanne Kelly Patrick Military.com Contributing Writer She went to Vietnam to heal. She became America's first female prisoner of war in that country. Dr. Eleanor Ardel Vietti, known as Ardel, joined the Christian and Missionary Alliance in 1957 and was sent to the Ban Me Thuot Leprosarium in the midst of tiger-infested jungles. Among the Montagnards or mountain people of this region, leprosy could reach rates of 30 percent in tribes. Working with missionary and tribal nurses, Vietti treated the afflicted and tried to prevent the healthy from contracting the disease. From the 1954 division of Vietnam, the anti-government guerrilla factions under Ho Chi Minh harassed the South Vietnamese countryside, where millions of refugees from the north had fled. The minority Montagnards were one of their special targets. Vietti knew this, and knew that working at Ban Me Thuot entailed the risk of capture or even death. However, she accepted patients of all political affiliations, even after the situation in Vietnam worsened and military operations increased. In 1962, new hostilities became evident in Ban Me Thuot. Visiting missionaries were encouraged to leave, but the existing staff -- including Vietti, Dan Gerber, and Archie and Betty Mitchell -- were not believed to be in danger. But at 7:45 p.m. on May 30, 12 armed men arrived, tied up Archie Mitchell and Dan Gerber, and ordered Vietti out of her house. They took the three with them. Although U.S. and South Vietnamese military authorities spotted the three prisoners the next day, a rescue attempt was deemed inadvisable. It is not conclusively known what became of Vietti, Mitchell and Gerber as POWs, where or when or how they may have died. In the 38 years since their capture, rumors that they remain alive have been reported. Stories from jungle tribesmen who claimed they spotted a white woman with two white men have never been substantiated. But since 1994, the official position of the U.S. government has been that no Americans who were captured by the Vietnamese or who went missing in action during the war remain alive. The Vietti family requests that no one contact them concerning Ardel, the only American woman POW from the Vietnam era whose fate remains unknown. The above article was found under the Military Legends on the Military.com page. I recommend visiting this page especially for those who are active miltary. Captain Mary Therese Klinker Born:1948 in Lafayette, In Died: April 4, 1975 at the age of 27 Captain Klinker was a flight nurse assigned to the Clark Air Base in the Phillipines. She died due to a crash trying to evacuate Vietnamese orphans. This was called the Operation Baby Lift Crash. She was awarded the Airman's Medal for Heroism, and the Meritorious Service Medal. The following women were involved with the Operation Baby Lift and died due to the crash: Barbara Adams Clara Bayot Nova Bell Arleta Bertwell Helen Blackburn Ann Bottorff Celeste Brown Vivienne Clark Juanita Creel Mary Ann Crouch Dorothy Curtiss Twila Donelson Helen Drye Theresa Drye Mary Lynn Eichen Elizabeth Fugino Ruthanne Gasper Beverly Herbert Penelope Hindman Vera Hollibaugh Dorothy Howard Barbara Kauvulia Barbara Maier Rebecca Martin Sara Martini Martha Middlebrook Katherine Moore Marta Moschkin Marion Polgrean June Poulton Joan Pray Sayonna Randall Anne Reynolds Marjorie Snow Laurie Stark Barbara Stout Doris Jean Watkins Sharon Wesley Army Capt. Rose Sandecki Born:Unknown Died:Still Alive By Helping Fellow Vets Face Vietnam Experiences, Former Nurse Found Peace With Past By Bethanne Kelly Patrick Military.com Contributing Writer Army Nurse Capt. Rose Sandecki stood off in a corner as the general presented a soldier with a Purple Heart and a watch. The young soldier, whose legs had been blown off in service with the 25th Infantry Division, flung the watch back with the words, "I can't accept this, sir; it's not going to help me walk." As the group abruptly dispersed, "I went over and just put my arms around him and hugged him," Sandecki recalled in her interview with Keith Walker for his "A Piece of My Heart: The Stories of 26 American Women Who Served in Vietnam." Sandecki said both she and the soldier were crying. "That was the one time I let the feelings down ? It took a lot for him to do that, and it sort of said what this war was all about for me." Rose Sandecki joined the Army in 1968 to "offer something to those young men over there" as a professional nurse. Within three months, she'd been sent to the 12th Evac Hospital at Cu Chi as head nurse in the surgical intensive care recovery room. In the October 1968 "post-Tet" war, MEDDAC units like the one at Cu Chi were "extremely busy." As she pointed out in her interview, "The idea of working in a military hospital is to patch up the soldier so he can go back to the battle again." She couldn't let her guard down very often because the hospital team had to keep being effective for the next round of casualties. Sandecki dealt with her exhaustion and emotional fatigue like so many others did, by building up a wall: "Each day I went in and the more I saw, the thicker this wall became; it was sort of a skin protecting me from what was going on." For Sandecki, allowing herself to cry with the young amputee was the first step in a long struggle of letting in the pain and truth of war. "It was incredible coming back a real changed person, one who was sarcastic and bitter about what was happening in America." After some disappointing civilian nursing experiences, she went back to school for a master's degree in counseling. In 1979, the Veterans Administration established 90 outreach centers to provide readjustment counseling and other services for Vietnam vets across the country. In 1984, at the time of Sandecki's interview, there were 136 centers. She was appointed team leader of one of the centers in 1981: "So I'm an activist basically, a social activist for women in the military, especially those in Vietnam." Sandecki believes that people are more conscious now of the fact that women served in the war even if they didn't carry weapons. While providing counseling and management to help others come to terms with their wartime experiences, she has found some peace with hers: "I felt that 12 months over there was probably one of the most rewarding nursing experiences in my life, that I'll never equal that again." The above article was found under the Military Legends on the Military.com page. I recommend visiting this page especially for those who are active miltary. Persian Gulf War 1991 Major Maria Therese Rossi Clayton ? Born: Jan 3, 1959 Oradell, New Jersey Died: March 1, 1991 at the age of 32 In the time of feminism and equal opportunity, Major Clayton acheived what many other women had not done in the past. She was the first female to enter into a warzone or enemy territory as a pilot. To this point no other woman had acheived this feat. Major Clayton was a member of the 101st Airborne Division, and led a squadron of Chinook helicopters into Iraq 50 miles in. Their job was to carry fuel, and ammunition for the ground assualts. On March 1, 1991 the helicopter crashed with a microwave tower, causing the helicopter to crash, and kill everyone on board. At the time of her death she was married to Chief Warrant Officer John Anderson Cayton. She is truely an American and feminine hero. If you have any information on this please Email Me Kosovo At this time I am currently researching prominent women from Kosovo. 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