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  Mother, Father and with Erle and Mother Anne Marie's Vietnam Childhood |
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 US Army Strategic Intelligence School Anne Marie Doering, Staff 1957-1962 |
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 Ambassador Harriman's Pilots & crew, Luang Probang, Laos |
 Captain Walter Routen and Family |
 Anne Marie's friend. On the back - Haruyl ? Vietnamese Women's Army Uniform |
 Cao Dai Temple before the War some tunnels surfaced nearby |
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May 1963, One month after she got back |
Notations about Anne Marie as 'first woman to serve in Vietnam' in 1962 are all over the place. Just do any web search and you will find a handful within the records of the Women's Army Corps alone. 'The first WAC officer was assigned to Vietnam in March 1962. It was not until 1965 that the use of WAC personnel in support elements was considered feasible for Vietnam. It was decided that WACs could make positive contributions, particularly in clerical, secretarial, and administrative MOSs.' US Military Web site: US Army Women The WAC fought to obtain the right for women to be stationed in Vietnam. Even after a personal request in writing from Westmoreland it took one year. The Pentagon, DOD, Army, etc finally approved WACs for mostly paperwork duties in 1965. (3 years after Anne Marie was stationed in Vietnam.) |
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The PROVN Report Recently, another officer chosen for this study, now a retired four star General, told me that Anne Marie not only did her job well, she was very beneficial to Donald Marshall, Civil Affairs. I asked the General what people thought when his study group of young officers saw that an Old WAC Major was included. He just said, "She was one of us". - I thought that was just really nice and I sure am proud. Another four star general, also involved with the study, sent me this and it is the funniest thing I have ever seen. If you understand what the authors of the PROVN report had to go through- you will understand the joke. |
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 Vietnam Records, 1962-63, 1965, 1966, 1967 
MAAG Vietnam, Combat Intel Staff Officer |
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