Thought you might find this interesting in light of our discussions on the Vietnam War. How has the war been remembered in the US – and in Vietnam? What space do we give to the women who played such an important role in the war – on the side of North Vietnam?

See The Women Who Won the Vietnam War by Sherry Buchanan

“The Vietnam War is remembered in the United States as a macho war fought mainly by men. It was anything but. Women fighters in North Vietnam played a key role in stopping the most intense bombing in modern times. The U.S. Air Force and Navy dropped over 7 million tons of bombs over North and South Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia, more than twice the total of U.S. bombings over Europe and Asia during World War II. In South Vietnam, women helped defeat of U.S. and South Vietnamese ground and air forces. Yet, fifty years on, the history of the women who defeated a superpower, while celebrated in Vietnam, remains largely unrecognized and undocumented in our history of the war.”