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Women Vietnam Vets to be Heard in Library of Congress Annals
Women Vietnam Vets to be Heard in Library of Congress Annals
(EXCERPT) Monday November 3, 3:43 pm ET Verizon Grant to Fund Oral Educational Programs WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- The voices of some of the 256,000 women who served their country during the Vietnam conflict are about to be heard, thanks in part to a $9,000 grant from Verizon Foundation, the philanthropic arm of America's largest communications company. During Veterans Day week, the Vietnam Women's Memorial Foundation (VWMF) is collecting oral histories from women who served in military and civilian roles to support the Vietnam War. VWMF plans to make the histories a part of the Vietnam Veteran's History Project that will be available to historians, researchers, and the general public through the Library of Congress. VWMF Founder and President Diane Carlson Evans, R.N., explains: "One of our foundation's major missions is to educate the public to the many roles women played during the Vietnam War. We hope to develop interactive digital media as educational tools that target school-age children. This grant from Verizon will help us reach this goal." Laureen Otto, RN, VWMF Secretary and Archivist, who is coordinating the oral history project, said, "The stories of these untold heroes help our foundation fulfill our educational and healing mission." This Veterans Day, VWMF is sponsoring a four-day celebration Nov. 8 through 11 to mark the 10th anniversary of the historic dedication of the Vietnam Women's Memorial on the Mall. More than 265,000 military women served America all over the world during the Vietnam era. Approximately 11,000 mili... U.S. and friendly nation laws prohibit fully reproducing copyrighted material. In abidance with our laws this report cannot be provided in its entirety. However, you can read it in full today, 04 Nov 2003, at the following URL. (COMBINE the following lines into your web browser.) The subject/content of this report is not necessarily the viewpoint of the distributing Library. This report is provided for your information and discussion. http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/031103/nym201_1.html --------------------------- Otis Willie Associate Librarian The American War Library http://www.americanwarlibrary.com |
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