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Catherine Anne Warnes (7 December 1949 – 20 July 1969), professionally Cathy Wayne, was an Australian singer and dancer, who was killed during a tour of Vietnam at a United States Marine Base where she was hosting with others a music concert to entertain the troops during the Vietnam War conflict.
In 1984, the Vietnam Women's Memorial Project was founded by Diane Carlson Evans, leading to the creation of the Vietnam Women's Memorial in Washington D.C. in 1993. [114] [115] The Vietnam Women's Memorial is in Constitution Gardens, a park on the National Mall. [116] [117] It honors the American women who served in the Vietnam War. [118]
Australian Vietnam veterans were honoured at a "Welcome Home" parade in Sydney on 3 October 1987, and it was then that a campaign for the construction of the Vietnam War Memorial began. [120] This memorial, known as the Vietnam Forces National Memorial, was established on Anzac Parade in Canberra, and was dedicated on 3 October 1992. [121]
Kate Webb (24 March 1943 – 13 May 2007) was a New Zealand-born Australian war correspondent for UPI and Agence France-Presse.She earned a reputation for dogged and fearless reporting throughout the Vietnam War, and at one point she was held prisoner for weeks by North Vietnamese troops.
Margaret Joan Holmes AM (née Read; 24 January 1909 – 10 September 2009) was an Australian peace activist, particularly during the Vietnam War and as part of the Anglican Pacifist Fellowship. She founded the New South Wales branch of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom in 1960, and in 2001 was made a Member of the Order of ...
The following entertainers performed for U.S. military personnel and their allies in the combat theatre during the Vietnam War (1959–1975) Roy Acuff (1970) Anna Maria Alberghetti
Dorothy Drain (16 August 1909 – 31 May 1996) was an Australian journalist, columnist, war correspondent, editor and poet. She worked as a journalist with The Australian Women's Weekly for 38 years, with the final five years being as its editor. [1] [2] She was "one of Australia's best-known journalists". [2]
1950: Korean War. Women's Army Corps is created in Korea. [4] 1950: The Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force was reestablished and allowed to use a Royal prefix to be called WRAAF. [5] 1950: The Women's Royal Australian Army Corps was founded in place of the Australian Women's Army Service. [5]