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Vietnam Women's Memorial
on the Mall south of the Vietnam Veteran's Memorial (the Wall)Washington D.C. (District of Columbia)
Vietnam Women's Memorial on the Mall in Washington DC
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During the Vietnam War, over a quarter of a million women volunteered to serve in Vietnam as nurses and other support personnel. This memorial is dedicated to those women.
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Landmark Trivia
- Diane Carlson Evans, who served as a nurse in the army during the Vietnam War, initiated the drive to add the bronze sculpture to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
- It was designed by Glenna Goodacre and dedicated on November 11, 1993.
- The Vietnam Women's Memorial is a memorial dedicated to the women of the United States who served in the Vietnam War, most of whom were nurses.
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