Vietnam: In Their Own Words

November 11, 2023

Vietnam: In Their Own Words Story Telling at the Vietnam Women’s Memorial

Monday, November 11, 2023

Emcee – Marsha Guenzler-Stevens, PhD – Eastern National Advisory VWM Board Member

Time	List of Presenters
9:00 a.m.	Katie Monteith, National Park Service
9:20 a.m.	Francis Whitehead- U.S. Army, Medic Vietnam 1969-1970 Lakota Centering Prayer
9:45 a.m.	Molly Buckley Stillman Author of “If I Don’t Laugh, I’ll Cry” (March 2024) speaker, podcaster, daughter of Lynda Van Devanter Buckley (1947 – 2002) author of “Home Before Morning”, US Army Corps Nurse 71^st Evac.
10:00 a.m.	Ruby Scheuing U.S. Army Nurse Corps, Pleiku Vietnam, 18^th Surgical Hospital (February 1967-December 1967) and 71^st Evac (December 1967- February 1968)
10:20 a.m.	Mary Breed U.S. Army Nurse Corps, 1^st LT. 1970-1971 95^th Evac Da Nang, 18^th Surgical Quant Tri Operating Room
10:45 a.m.	Sue Miller Presentation of Roses
11:00 a.m.	Diane Carlson Evans U.S. Army Nurse Corps, Captain, Combat Nurse Vietnam 1968- 1969. Founder and President Emeritus Vietnam Women’s Memorial Foundation, Chair Vietnam Women’s Memorial Advisory Group, Author “Healing Wounds, A Vietnam War Combat Nurse’s 10-Year Fight to Win Women a Place of Honor in Washington, D.C.”

1:00 p.m.	Ceremony at The Wall

Story Telling at the Vietnam Women’s Memorial is an educational program presented by Eastern National and the National Park Service. We commemorate and honor those who served in the Vietnam War as well as in more recent conflicts. We gratefully acknowledge the assistance with sound provided by Ohm Productions. In 2015 the Vietnam Women’s Memorial Foundation joined Eastern National. We are dedicated to honoring women who served during the Vietnam era. For additional information on the Memorial or its products and projects, including other educational programs or research on women who served during the Vietnam era, you are invited to visit the Vietnam Women’s Memorial website at www.VietnamWomensMemorial.org. Donations to the Vietnam Women’s Memorial which support these and other programs are always appreciated. To donate to the Vietnam Women’s Memorial, please write to: Vietnam Women’s Memorial Fund, c/o Eastern National 1301 Virginia Drive, Suite 425 Fort Washington, PA 19034 Or email: vietnamwomensmemorial@easternnational.org. Our next program will be on Veterans Day, November 11^th, 2025. If you wish to participate contact Dave Hobbs at 202-559-8711 or DaveHobbs@easternnational.org If you or someone you care for finds that they need help coping with the aftermath of Vietnam, you are invited to call the Veterans’ Administration at 1-800-273-8255. They will assist you, including connecting you to the counseling services offered by Vet Centers located throughout the United States.