European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 11, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday november 11, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 3 women Vietnam vets seek recognition want Sfa fue of army nurse erected of memorial us Iii Fth  la u Ushin Jilin Bureau  ii a roads of veterans Uili gather Nilay Tor Itri miinte1. M the will the Lark Chi Iii menu Rte it  Kis i inc la so Minli a Phil Man of these former sits a Nii in bits a1 is  Tec Ogni lion and meal nov i l one group who will he remix snied still fed left my lilt1 apr mimick a Iii Hill  who Vrcel in Smil Himm Asia i Englc simply inn t Pic Luty Unnica is ii Lerant wild Dunn or Hui Vilii. I i a Giinder Netlie Vietnam women 1i Momii Rivil 1 to Jill. Hut women in Vietnam lived in Kittle Umi Luins. We often Pill in 12 in id hours a Lav we experienced War we were paints we just will people i know  Kouhi spent Liht  As m army Mirski. Including a year in  is spearheading an cell Orl by the women s memorial project to have u statue of in we were patriots. We just want people to know and  Donna Marie Boulay army nurse added to the current Vietnam memorial a statue of three infantrymen facing the Wall that is in scribed with More Ihan 5s.ooo names of those who died in Vietnam. Bui despite pining inc support of key members of Congress As Well As Donald Houct the Secretary of inc Interior the project has Hii a Roadblock the . Commission on Fine arts. By Law additions to the Vietnam memorial must be approved by the Secretary of the Interior the commis Sion on Fine arts and the National capital planning commission Mode gave his approval last september but the commission on Fine arts voted 4-1 against the project two weeks ago the commission Felt that the Monument As it now stands adequately represents everyone who served in Vietnam said j. Carter Brown chairman of the com Mission and Dirac Sorof the National gallery of an if we add to it we d Only be setting a precedent for placing any number of other statues  in a nov. 8 column in the Washington Post Brown wrote when the existing sculpture was conceived the thought wus thai inc infantryman who bore the Brunt of the Battle would stand for All who served. The memorial is extraordinarily Succo Ful As it stands. Let s not Start tinkering Well never in. Able to satisfy everyone s special  Bui that s not Good enough for Boulay who said female Vietnam veterans Are More than just another special interest group. The continuing practice of using men to exclusively represent the Ideal of military service is a Long Dis credited concept that is unrealistic and misleading she said noting that the Law authorizing the original memorial states it is to be for the men and women. Who served in the Vietnam  we re still debating about asking for 2 rehearing from the Fine arts  Boulay said i Don t think we Gat a fair hearing or. Brown exceeded his mandate by making the Broad statement that the army nurse carps capt. Donna Marie Boulay  with two other nurses at Long Binh Vietnam in 1967. Vietnam memorial is Complete. Thai s not his Job. His Job is to advise upon the artistic merits of the various projects put before inc  Brown maintains that is a tally what the commis Sion did. If you have a work fart you follow certain artistic imperatives in dealing with that work he said. This addition to inc Vietnam memorial would ultimately detract from  while Boulay is not certain about whether to try to Sway Brown and the commission at a new hearing she said the memorial project will definitely seek legis lation on the Issue. In that regard. Sen. Dave Duran Burger r-Minn., and sen Alan Cranston a Calif. Have pledged their support. Meanwhile the group is on a si.2 million fund Rais ing drive with Only one third of that earmarked for the statue. The rest will fund two other projects locating All women who served in the military during the Vietnam War and encouraging networking among them and educating the american Public about the role of women in Vietnam. Individuals organizations and corporations have donated about $320,000 so tar. Boulay is in washing ton. . This week to accept another corporate Dona Tion. The group has Sci veterans Day 1988 As the Tarje Date for dedication of their statue As part of the Viet Nam memorial. The losses the United slates suffered in Vietnam were tragic Boulay said. But without women serving in inc Vietnam War Many More americans would not have come Home. It s Lime that fact was reflected in inc Vietnam  persons interested in supporting tic group or learn ing More about the organization can write to Vietnam women s memorial project inc. Box 4i, 511 ill ave. A Minneapolis Minn. 554 5. Eight lost their lives 10,000 american women served in Vietnam Washington is about 250,000 american women served in the military during the Vietnam War in Mili tary or civilian capacities with More than 10.000 of them Sam Nam Vietnam. Ninety percent of the women who saw duty in Vietnam Here nurses. Others worked us Duclous. Officers administrators and volunteers with such diverse agencies As the army Navy air Force. Red t Ross Uso Cia and the . Agency fur International development. The army had about 4,5 1 1 female personnel serve in Vietnam in nne of several medical specialities. The Navy and air Force had -150 and  narc is. Respectively scene in Vietnam. In addition there were 1.21 j officers and Entis cd women from All the serv ices including 27 marines who pulled hours in Vietnam working in. Administration communications. Finance transport Yvion and intelligence. Some Wen advisers to the vietnamese forces. Eight women jul nurses lost their Luei in the Vietnam War. Set in were in the army while one was in the air Force. Seven died in aircraft crashes. One. K1 i. Sharon Lane died of shrapnel sounds suffered in a Rocki a attack in a . Base. The others vrho lost their lives were 2nd it. Pamela Donovan. Capi. Elea nor Alexander 2nd . Carol Draba i. Col. Annie Graham. 2nd it. Eli a Beth Jones. 1st la. Hedwig Diane Orlowski All of inc army and air Force capt. Mary Klumker. Those eight names arc inscribed in the Vietnam veterans memorial along with the names of the More than 5h.oog other americans Wui were killed in Southeast Asia