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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 |
The Guinea Pig 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. Below is a reference to her service, yet not by name, which I think says a lot. '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 approved WACs for mostly paperwork duties in 1965. |
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organized enemy. If it could do either one alone, the task would be vastly simplified, but it's got to do both at once... Helping Vietnam... may very well be the most complex problem faced by men in uniform anywhere on earth." ( Foreword PROVN ) |
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The PROVN Report PROVN was completed in 1966, declassified in 1988. An easy explanation of PROVN is here: To Change a War by Lewis Sorley |
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 Vietnam Records, 1962-63, 1965, 1966, 1967 
MAAG Vietnam, Combat Intel Staff Officer |
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