Lt. Col. Anne Marie Doering - American WAC
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MACV
General Staff
Anne Marie worked on Indochina, her birthplace, from the mid/late 1950's.

Indochina became Vietnam,
Laos, and Cambodia in 1954.

Folks
Mother & Father
Anne Marie's Vietnam Childhood

Strategic Intelligence Staff
US Army Strategic Intelligence School
Anne Marie Doering, Staff 1957-1962


Col Hoffman
Col. Aldon Hoffman, Pilot
Air Attache, Intelligence

Luang Probang
Laos- Ambassador Harriman's
Pilots / Secret Service Escorts

Cao Dai
 Cao Dai Temple before the War
some tunnels surfaced nearby

Missing Man
Missing Man- first flown pubically
for the 1954 POW's in Vietnam

Har
Anne Marie's friend. You can
read on the back - Haruyl ?

Historical References:
Maj. Anne Marie Doering and Lt. Col. Harry Emmons were Army intelligence experts for the PROVN Report. Completed in 1966, the top secret report outlined a military strategy for the Vietnam War that would result in a free, independent, and non-communist nation. . Declassified in 1988. (More ON PROVN)
Recent Book: Women at War: Iraq, Afghanistan, and other Conflicts by James Wise and Scott Baron
The Vietnam Chapter includes information from my family and me- Ann Jamison Excerpt  
1962 Newspaper Articles  The story of Maj. Anne Marie Doering-was nationwide news. ~ One woman / 5000 men.
The Women's Army Corps 1945-1978 by Bettie J. Morden
(68) 'The first WAC to serve in Vietnam, 1962-63, was Maj Anne Marie Doering. The daughter of a French engineer, she was born and raised in Haiphong* and was assigned to the Military Assistance Advisory Group (MAAG) in Saigon as a plans officer. (*She moved to Saigon later and attended French Catholic School)
The Women’s Army Corps during the Vietnam War by Col Bettie J. Morden, Retired
'Only one WAC officer had served in Vietnam up to that time - in 1962-63 Major Anne Marie Doering had been assigned to MACV headquarters as a plans officer.'
Women's Army Corps Veterans' Association - History of WAC: 'The first WAC officer assigned to Vietnam, in March 1962, was Major Anne Marie Doering.' -Or-a PDF version- Vietnam Women's Memorial Foundation 'Women Who Served: The Women's Army Corps in Vietnam'
Clarification on MAAG vs. MACV assignment
Anne Marie was the only WAC ever assigned to MAAG-Vietnam, 1962.
She was the first WAC assigned to MACV as she was still in
Vietnam upon the change from MAAG Vietnam to MACV, 1963.

MAAG- Vietnam: Military Assistance and Advisory Group- Vietnam
MACV- Military Assistance Command Vietnam