LEADER 03198nam 2200661 a 450 001 9910813330303321 005 20230725032525.0 010 $a1-283-39506-1 010 $a9786613395061 010 $a1-57441-441-0 035 $a(CKB)2670000000138684 035 $a(EBL)826396 035 $a(OCoLC)769342966 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000575797 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11965897 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000575797 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10553788 035 $a(PQKB)10628985 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC826396 035 $a(OCoLC)773475309 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse15264 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL826396 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10521968 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL339506 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000138684 100 $a20110705d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aDonut Dolly$b[electronic resource] $ean American Red Cross girl's war in Vietnam /$fby Joann Puffer Kotcher 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aDenton, Tex. $cUniversity of North Texas Press$dc2011 215 $a1 online resource (369 p.) 225 1 $aNumber 6 in the North Texas military biography and memoir series 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-57441-324-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 315-340) and index. 327 $aThe early years -- Arrival and An Khe -- A blacked-out runway -- A disguise to fool a sniper -- Hot landing zone -- Dong Ba Thin -- Poison booth at the carnival -- Di An -- Bring a case of beer -- A veteran under the desk -- Bien Hoa and the voyage home -- Rabies -- Ambush in the delta -- The cigarette in the rain -- The long, confusing trip home -- Epilogue -- Appendix 1: let us remember -- Appendix 2: some questions answered -- Appendix 3: whatever happened to?. 330 $aDonut Dolly puts you in the Vietnam War face down in the dirt under a sniper attack, inside a helicopter being struck by lightning, at dinner next to a commanding general, and slogging through the mud along a line of foxholes. You see the war through the eyes of one of the first women officially allowed in the combat zone as a civilian noncombatant. Joann Puffer Kotcher is faced with life or death decisions. In Vietnam, she visited troops from the Central Highlands to the Mekong Delta, from the South China Sea to the Cambodian border. At four duty stations, she set up recreation centers and ma 410 0$aNorth Texas military biography and memoir series ;$vno. 6. 606 $aVietnam War, 1961-1975$xWar work$xRed Cross 606 $aVietnam War, 1961-1975$xWomen$zUnited States$vBiography 606 $aVietnam War, 1961-1975$vPersonal narratives, American 615 0$aVietnam War, 1961-1975$xWar work$xRed Cross. 615 0$aVietnam War, 1961-1975$xWomen 615 0$aVietnam War, 1961-1975 676 $a959.704/31 676 $aB 700 $aKotcher$b Joann Puffer$f1941-$01610938 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910813330303321 996 $aDonut Dolly$93938896 997 $aUNINA