For Libbie Hegvik, the story of the Donut Dollies is personal. Her parents found love in Vietnam during the height of the war. “They found each other, and they are still in love 55 years later ...

Both young women went to Vietnam over their fathers’ objections. They were joining an American Red Cross group that took its name from the Donut Dollies of World War II — a name given to them ...

Rachel Torrance went to Vietnam as a Donut Dolly and saw a different side of war. Rachel Torrance volunteered to go to Vietnam as a Red Cross ‘Donut Dolly.’ She helped build morale with ...

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 ...

Norris, who lives in Denver, was a Red Cross volunteer in the 1960s — one of 627 women who served year-long stints as “Donut Dollies” during the Vietnam War to bring a touch of home to ...

Two women bravely return to Vietnam after ... as Red Cross Donut Dollie volunteers, boosting the morale of battle-worn soldiers on the frontlines of the Vietnam War while negotiating their own ...

During the Korean War, Donut Dollies fried up to 20,000 doughnuts per day for U.S. troops, according to the Heinz History Center, and were most visible during the Vietnam War. Between 1962 and ...

For Veterans Days, we share the story of the women known as “The Donut Dollies.” Then, we revisit the harrowing mission of the Misty Experiment. And the new film "Hard Miles" shows how ...

After 50 years, the mystery of these Vietnam War photos of 'Donut Dollies' is solved With each turn of the page, a feeling builds that Urrea is on his own quest, a decades-long journey to fill in ...

After Saturday’s 12th annual Vietnam War Veterans Day celebration ... who served as a member of the Donut Dollies in Vietnam in 1969-70. Originally from Perry, Ohio, she graduated from Baldwin ...

Urrea’s mother, Phyllis Irene McLaughlin de Urrea, had served in World War II as a volunteer with ... telling the little-known story of the “Donut Dollies” who bravely supported U.S. troops ...