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Women In The War

Women In The War. By Tracy Henderson Pd.2. How Women Got Involved in War. All women who served in the war were voluntary. Also some women in the military asked to go to Vietnam but some were sent against there wishes. Jobs Women Had In The War. There were many jobs for women in the war.

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Women In The War

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  1. Women In The War By Tracy Henderson Pd.2

  2. How Women Got Involved in War • All women who served in the war were voluntary. • Also some women in the military asked to go to Vietnam but some were sent against there wishes.

  3. Jobs Women Had In The War • There were many jobs for women in the war. • These jobs consist of support staff in hospitals, crewed on medical evacuation flights, with MASH unit, operation groups information offices and numerous clerical, medical, intelligence, and personnel positions. • Women were treated as second class soldiers during war.

  4. Women Also Suffered In War • Women suffered as much as men during war and were often in the line of fire from rockets and mortars.

  5. Women During War On Board Ship State Side Hospital Field Hospital

  6. Number of Women That Participated or Were Killed • Little or no data exists on the women who served that were injured or killed. • 7,484 women served in Vietnam. • 4,000 women served on active military duty. • Over 60 civilian and non-civilian women were killed.

  7. Women In The War

  8. Vietnam War Memorial • There were 58,261 names on the wall and that only included 8 women. • They didn’t forget about the women they dedicated a memorial to the women only.

  9. Women's Memorial

  10. Women Against The War • Even though many women served in the war there were women who protested against the war.

  11. Mothers During The War • Most mothers were against the war because when there husbands and sons went to war the mothers and younger children were left to suffer.

  12. Work Cited • http://userpages.aug.com/captbarb/femvetsnam.html • http://www.mrfa.org/vnstats.htm • http://www.illyria.com/vnwmany.html • http://thewall-usa.com/names.asp

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