Jackie Norris was just out of college when she found herself 8,000 miles away from home, talking to a GI at a rec center in Vietnam. “I was used to patting people when I talked,” she recalls. “So I ...

Nancy Warner was one of 625 women who formed the Donut Dollies, a Red Cross-fueled program that mirrored other efforts to entertain soldiers during the Vietnam War. Through the years, however, you’d ...

We sit down with two of the Vietnam Donut Dollies and find out how their work overseas to boost troop morale was so important.

In her hands, the decorated “Donut Dollies” hat Susan Buckley gently tossed back and forth appeared too heavy Monday for anyone to wear. But in her heart, Buckley said the memories of each decoration ...

Red Cross Supplemental Recreation Activities Overseas (SRAO), better known as donut dollies, volunteered to help boost morale during the Vietnam War. Two Nebraska Donut Dollies, Reesa Eisler and ...

Michigan Sen. Michael Webber (R-Rochester Hills) presented a state tribute to Rochester Hills resident Joann Kotcher on the floor of the Michigan Senate on Oct. 9 in honor of her service as a Donut ...

A woman who worked at the American Red Cross during the Vietnam War will speak about her experience at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Broomfield Veterans Museum, 12 Garden Center, in Broomfield. Terre Deegan ...

One uniform in the Museum of Veterans in Vilonia, doesn’t seem like it belongs hanging in the Vietnam War display but some veterans recall those wearing them were courageous and brave. It is the ...

Michigan Sen. Michael Webber (R-Rochester Hills) presented a state tribute to Rochester Hills resident Joann Kotcher on the floor of the Michigan Senate on Oct. 9 in honor of her service as a Donut ...

After Saturday’s 12th annual Vietnam War Veterans Day celebration, Don Cadwalader left his folding chair to join his fellow Vietnam veterans for a group photo in Huntsville/Madison County Veterans ...

Sign up for the Concord Monitor's morning newsletter and get essential news each day. Nancy Warner was one of 625 women who formed the Donut Dollies, a Red Cross ...

“They got to see someone from home.” Donut Dollies smiled and acted bubbly as they chatted with soldiers at as many as seven stops a day, no matter what the situation. “For one hour, they forgot they ...