The Donut Dollie's

My Video to HONOR "The Donut Dollie's"
These Women helped bring a smile and a little bit of home to many of an American Veteran in the Vietnam War. I feel These Women should be given Their Rightful Due for Their Service for Our Country. And The 5 Dollie's that were killed in Vietnam should be on "The Vietnam Wall" I am making this a Mission to Make that Happen. THEY MADE A DIFFERENCE.
SALUTE LADIES and THANK YOU.
Music...."She's A Lady" by Tom Jones
"Lady" by The Little River Band
I do not own the rights to the music used in making this video.
Pictures were copied from internet.

[@ruffusp768]

Awesome job on this video. Awesome job the music hit the nail right on the head. God bless.

[@christopherbarnes7103]

Twice they came to me. Once was on Christmas eve 1969 and boy did that make my day. What a morale booster.

[@tightcamper]

I was a soldier in the Rhodesian war. Our equivelent of these girls were 'forces canteens' Almost every town and village had a canteen run by local ladies where troops could get tea, burgers etc. Sometimes they had to cater for a company convoy turning up unexpected and somehow it all worked. They were marvels!

[@richardcole9308]

You didn't have to go to Vietnam but you did,you brought us a touch of home with you. I can't thank you ladies enough Vietnam 68/69 !!

[@j-maxfromor1895]

I remember seeing several donut dollies at a base camp sometime aroundChristmas 1971. There were so many guys around them I couldn’t get close. They looked so normal and friendly in a place that was not. I heard they would have another event the next morning (Sunday) so I used my church time to go see them. One donut dolly was running a bingo game with prizes. Maybe 50 men there, so I was astonished to win first prize, a small transistor radio. I can still remember her smile when she handed it to me. I was married just before I went to Vietnam, but still I was hoping she would give me a hug. She shook my hand and that was nice. Almost 50 years ago and I still have that radio.

[@donyoung9594]

Thank you🤘

[@user-ps3vo1xe8l]

Amén 🙏 Bendiciones 🙏

[@alan-ev6ck]

they came to our camp every month and gave us some refreshing entertainment, we always looked forward to their arrival, Thank You Ladies!

[@richmikesell7166]

Thank you all for your service! You are greatly under appreciated. RVN '67-'72.

[@nelbax2084]

I was a grunt with 25th inf. After 4-6 weeks out we would get a 3 day stand down at Cu Chi base camp. The dollies were always there to greet us with snacks and smiles, one of the bright spots in a miserable life. I love the dollies.

[@racerd9669]

God bless these extraordinary ladies for their selflessness and sense of duty. I would love to have this video play 24-7 in the heads of all the Vietnam protesters and Jane Fonda. True heroes

[@user-ps3vo1xe8l]

Amén 🙏 Bendiciones 🙏

[@stevenhall9762]

I worked perimeter security on Binh Thuy AB near Can Tho. I didn't even know there were Donut Dollies in Can Tho until years later. I never met any of you while In-Country. When my veterans group, the Vietnam Security Police Association marched down Constitution Ave in Washington DC on the 25th Anniversary of the Wall, there was a group of Donut Dollies holding up their sign & cheering us on. Even after so many years, you ladies were still "there", giving us the support and love that seemed to pour so naturally from your hearts... Thank you, ladies. You're the BEST!

[@user-ps3vo1xe8l]

Amén 🙏 Bendiciones 🙏

[@maureendrozda9960]

Like The American Nurses In Vietnam - These Young Women Were VOLUNTEERS! They CHOSE To Be There When They Didn't Have To Be To Help Support Our Troops! It Showed An Amazing Sense Of Service, Courage, Compassion & Patriotic Morale! And - Like The USO - They Contributed In Their Own Special Way...Way To Go, Ladies!👏👏👏👏

[@ryleeryan3738]

Absolutely!! These young women are held in the highest esteem by all the troops in VN. Joe Ryan A/3/503 173RD AIRBORNE INFANTRY

[@crumdoggy]

A very nice tribute.

[@ronnieterry9275]

I was stationed at three different locations in I corp Quang Tri, Con Thein, and Cam lo I remember two of these nice ladies visiting at Quang Tri this would have been in first quarter of 1969. We rarely saw American women that far North. It was great to have them visit us it was just for one day.

[@mrwaterschoot5617]

i was a usa naturalized citizen and respect you as veterans of an inconvenient war in vietnam. you took on the job of supporting our fighting men and women with courage of being at the war front and providing a little taste of home that kept our fighters fight on for our country's moral values of truth liberty and justice and the pursuit of happiness. you are our heroes you were first responders before the name was first coin. i sincerely salute you for your noble service. God speed and may God bless you. thank you for your service is just words and you took action and put your earthly lives on the line. in pictures you have invisible angel wings. i am certain when God calls you from earth your spirit goes to heaven where your angel wings will be ready and waiting for you. God speed when God is ready to call you from. we still living on earth will miss you on earth but will rejoice that you made it to God's reward of heaven and eternal life after life on earth. may you find peace and joy and happiness where ever you may be forever and ever. Amen and Awomen.

[@mickz4601]

God bless these amazing women!!

[@user-ps3vo1xe8l]

Amén 🙏

[@fraudexaminations]

Super Ladies.... every one. The Coffee and Donuts, along with talking with a Woman from back in The World.....makes for Fond Memories from that Hellhole.

[@PUGELOGIC]

As a 20 year old SSG E-6 platoon sgt. I was instructed by my company CO; " to escort & secure" the Ladies while at our too far forward company hilltop lager. Translation : " control the drool" of 68 officers & men! Best DUTY, I ever had.... ".....Kodachrome, I see such nice bright colors..." rick strawn -A-2-35inf 4th ID (68-69) Thanks for the memory, ladies!

[@claudebarnhart]

Served two tours B-52 ArcLight as pilot, never saw any of the Dollies; but, very strongly support the addition of those Dollies that gave their all, to the Wall.

[@racerd9669]

OMG the stories you could tell, I was at PhanRang 68 69 B57s

[@Bobm-kz5gp]

Yes we all loved you girls, it was a moral booster, thank you all, sorry to hear about the 4 dying!

[@S62bhas]

God Bless the Nurses of the Vietnam War Amen Very Greatly Missed

[@fredreddies1220]

thankYouLovelyLadies!!

[@Salj1s]

I'm happy you shared your video, I'm also happy to have seen it after all these years. Thanks to the ladies, I thought the ones holding guns were 'HOT". Slick pilot / 1st Cav / 71-72

[@cass121248]

69-70 LOH Observer(Scout) 7/17 Air Cav. attached to 1st Cav. (if feeble memory serves)

[@N4bpp1]

I served at A-342 Bu Dop and I never had the pleasure of meeting any of these fine ladies. But I had friends in the 82 airborne , 101 Screaming Eagles spoke highly of them. There is no greater site, if you are wounded, wake and have our nurse great you.

[@fredreddies1220]

iwassuretheyweretheonlyWhitegalswithinonethousandmilescamejusttoseeusidforgotwhatablondlookedlikeLuv❤❤❤

[@user-ps3vo1xe8l]

Wonderful Queens! 🇧🇬👑🫶✨🤗🌹

[@gaylordfrazer8708]

These ladies deserve a hats off from us all. Several years ago I met a Donut Dolly that I knew in Korea in 68-69. B. Frazer

[@Sojourning_]

Bless you soul Gordon, bless you, so awesome of you to do this. I had no idea there were so many in Country. Generally I avoid Vietnam films, this is the exception, awesome,

[@pylgrym]

'Twas the night before Christmas, when in Vietnam Not a creature was stirring; 'cause otherwise: BAMM!! The claymores were hung in the ambush with care; But the hope was, "Dear NVA: please don't go there!" We soldiers were nestled all soaked in our holes While visions of USO shows danced in our souls. Our Captain in his CP, our sarges with squads Had just checked our weapons and made peace with our gods; When up in the sky there arose such a thunder I sprang from my foxhole to watch and to wonder. No moon over the mountains - was that lightning's flash? From out of those rainclouds a crack! and a crash! The artillery! "Arty" had shot from afar, And a flare hung in Heaven like bethlehem's star. And what to my caffeinated eyes should appear? But ... nothing! "All Quiet" (all the rest of that year). So, the dawning of Christmas in Seventy-One Came slowly to the jungle; the clouds said, "No, Sun." "No sweat", Screaming Eagles; we're the Airborne by name! We're the Hundred and First: List our storied campaigns: "Saint Quentin"! - "Meuse Argonne" - "Normandy" - "Bastogne" - "Consolidation Two" - here in 'Nam - then go home! Yes! back to "The World" - if we lived - we would fly. Meanwhile, in our boots that seemed never to dry We each prayed in ways that we knew how to pray That all might survive to see Bob Hope Christmas Day. Soon, up on that hilltop my platoon was awake. It had even stopped pouring! What joy did we take In our C-rats! Tin can lids made ornaments bright, Now the glow of free cigarettes warmly alight. Sweet cards from our families, care packages, too Will surely arrive now that birds can get through! Wait! maybe the choppers will get US: extraction! Airlift us to Bob Hope: The Boonie Rat Faction! Bob Hope! he who loves us - no sweat off his back To travel from Saigon to DaNang and back! His shows! How they twinkled! His starlets! How merry! His audience? ALL of us: veteran, cherry ... Bob's 'dry' sense of humor, his weather jokes? "Ho-NO!" ***CONTINUED> Bob Hope soon is coming; surely warriors can go? But Bob had arrived by the skin of his teeth - By pure skill of his pilots, and that no small feat! So, word leaked around our perimeter's way: That none in the field would have Hope Christmas Day, Hear none of his humor, see none of the sequins Adorning his starlets like bright, homing beacons ... And no Christmas trees in the boonies we're humping. But wait! did we hear? "thump-Thump-THump-THUmp-THUMp-THUMPING"! A Huey! A Chopper! a Bird: 'way off distant Like a green, tiny toy splits the clouds in an instant! "Get those shirts on, Platoon!" cried the sarge with delight, "We got donuts for Christmas! got "Round-Eyes" in flight!" In the Helo that hovered were two Doughnut Dollies. They landed, glad-handed; we all got our Jollies; Wow! those Dolls in blue dresses thanked US! with sad eyes, And got back on their bird and went back to the skies. And we read on their lips as they rose out of sight: "Merry Christmas to all! Now y'all: finish this fight!" ' SP4 William P. Gruendler, D Co., 2/502 "Strike", Vietnam, Somewhere west of Camp Evans, Christmas, 1971

[@turtle19dad]

Outstanding.

[@morganarose344]

Thank you for your video. I never heard of them before. Sharing on Facebook.

[@maddog46]

Thanks for going ladies and gents and welcome home.

[@donutdollie]

Thank you for remembering us, those who served in Vietnam and in Korea. Would you please contact me? Thanks!

[@gordonparks6463]

My Honor to have made this for you Lady's Ma'am. Don't know how to contact you tho Ma'am. You can message me at my page on face book tho if you'd like it is.....facebook.com/POW-MIA-Time-to-Bring-Them-Home-1484219345140164/

[@Sojourning_]

GOD Bless You Rene' Loved you gals, awesome, thank so vary much. to all of you who served.

[@JerryWalsh-ek6lz]

love them still

[@jerrydurrance4455]

They are all heros

[@user-zz5qe8wz8g]

At the 1:48-1:52 clip is my sister Mary T. (Tsinnajinnie, Navajo) Cohoe, who volunteered to find me, LCL Bernard (Tom) Tsinnajinne, USMC, wounded Ca Lu firebase near Khe Sahn May 1968, but I returned US of A, as a patient before her tour 69-70 believe, the only Navajo brother & sister to served in Vietnam

[@user-zz5qe8wz8g]

She is third from left

[@Sojourning_]

GOD Bless your souls, Love you gals; Awesome, I was in Country middle of 67 to April of 69 ETS out of Nam. I got to have a donut or 2, I was dumb founded, I had minus communication skills than. I had no clue on how to speak to American girls from back in the world than. I now look to Jesus, I'm following Jesus. I didn't know some of the Donut Dollies had lost their lives in Nam, so sorry for that. LORD I plead the Blood of Jesus over their soul.....for their Salvation. Amen.

[@allanjelenjelen7559]

By gone times most of them dead or old very short life on planet earth only memories which will also fade.

[@dalerash6285]

Saw two in Chu Lai, Fall of 1967.

[@airbrushken5339]

We came in for Christmas "Stand Down" to camp Eagle as we didn't have a base camp for operations ... other than a couple day rest stand downs we lived in the A Shaw Valley. They were serving a Turkey dinner for the Officers and as usual, turkey loaf in the mess hall for the enlisted. They had "Donut Dollies" standing around these officers (RIMP's,) with the meal. I could believe that this "Butter Ball" invited us in to take pictures. We'd been in the bookies for weeks, hadn't seen any women, even a round eye one ... as you can guess, it ended up in a full on brawl ... no one was charge ... as we all looked the same, just dirty Boony Rats ... We were there for only 2 days, so it calmed down and we walked away (I ran, LOL) When I was wounded I met some in Da Nang (95th EVAC Hospital) again they were kind and helpful and brought a smile to your face, It took nerve to volunteer to go to a war zone to raise the spirit of the troops....

[@larryrobinson6914]

Bless em alll

[@cyruslemmon176]

remember them well. great morale uplift

[@user-ps3vo1xe8l]

❤

[@42rambler]

North Vietnam’s treatment of American airmen shot down and captured over North Vietnam was a subject of controversy and concern throughout the Vietnam War. From the very beginning of the war, North Vietnam’s stated position was that American prisoners captured in North Vietnam were “war criminals” who had committed crimes against the North Vietnamese people in the course of an illegal war of aggression and that therefore the American prisoners were not entitled to the privileges and rights granted to prisoners of war (POW) under the terms of the Geneva Convention. The North Vietnamese refused to provide the International Red Cross with the names of Americans who were being held prisoner in North Vietnam and did not allow regular inspection visits by the International Red Cross to ensure that the prisoners were being treated properly in accordance with the terms of the 1947 Geneva Convention on POWs.

[@jemezcat15]

I think the Dollies were great morale boosters and I'm not taking away from that. These ladies volunteered as representatives of the Red Cross a neutral organization that is allowed into enemy positions to help POWs in some cases but the main objective is neutrality. I flew gunships, 71-72, and provided cover for Dust Off aircracft that were equiped with door gunners and had no red cross painted on the side of the aircraft. Medivac had a red cross on the a/c with no weapons. Now, to get to the point, the girls holding weapons goes completely against what the neutrality of what the Red Cross stands for. They were young but now some regret about it. Those shots of the girls holding weapons should not be in the video.

[@gordonparks6463]

From friends of mine that had boots down have told me some fired weapons at the enemy. So I have no issue with it. Guess we agree to disagree on this one. Thank you SIR for my freedom. SALUTE!

[@42rambler]

Our enemies in VN didn't recognize the Red Cross complicating the issue of non combatants with weapons.

[@Sandsculptor]

Why should those Red Cross women regret holding weapons? Did Hollywood actress Jane Fonda ever regret sitting at the seat of an anti-aircraft weapon system and posed for pictures while she visited North Vietnam? That embarrassing special event was done "during the war" while our pilots and crew were falling in the sky from our B-52s being shot down over Hanoi. Fonda did this during her lame anti-war protest during the heat of the Vietnam War itself. The NVA and the VC used those Dust Off red cross emblems as "aiming points" as our Dust Off Hueys flew in and out hauling our injured and dead soldiers. In the Vietnam War and all wars, sometimes the Red Cross Donut Dollies, Army Chaplains, and Mess Hall cooks, etc. had to pick up a weapon in their own defense. I realize some of the Donut Dollies posed with weapons. Believe me, if they had too, they'd fight alongside with the troops. Just as female Vietnamese fought side by side with their soldiers during the war. When we were forced to shoot and kill the enemy we didn't know if they were man or women. We found out after the dust cleared, that it was so. War is no picnic in the park. Most of the men and women that served in the Vietnam War, such as I did in Pleiku and Nha Trang in 1968-69, appreciated all our non-combatants for their efforts. The grunts needed men manning the artillery, supply depots, signal units, motor pools, and headquarters (just to name a few). Not everyone in the Vietnam War carried a gun at all times. The support troops outnumbered the grunts who fought the battles... 10 to 1 or 8 to 1 or whatever. All the battles we won could not have been achieved without the support and the Donut Dollies were a big part of our support. What we needed more than received was the support of our politicians that allowed that war to drag on so long without a true desire to win the war. Hence many men and women lost their lives for just about nothing when in 1973 our politicians deserted the county of South Vietnamese and did not return in 1975 when the North finally invaded South Vietnam to grab the country from the people living there in peace.

[@williamrooks3979]

The VC and NVA didn't share your scruples. They had our hospital complex well dialed in and every mortar attack it would receive their attention. They would hit a unit, make some casualties, fall back and wait for the helicopters with the nice big red cross on them, and shoot them down. If I was a donut dolly or nurse or USAID female THERE IS NO WAY I'd allow myself to be taken alive by the VC. Rape would be the least of it.

[@cass121248]

Mr. Pete Thompson, your first sentence is either untrue or a lie. You ARE taking away from what they were doing there. Some of them made the ultimate sacrifice to make my day and I will forever be grateful. I could not care one whit LESS whether they posed with somebody's weapons. I was an observer in LOH, we were called The Scouts, all volunteers. C Troop 7/17 Air Cavalry. 2nd tour with D Troop. 1969-1970 OK, I get down now.

[@rs3457]

Never saw a one

[@kenrobison9528]

Remember everyone deployed.

[@diegoferrero7657]

Davvero commovente e pregno di rimandi alla pagina oscura della campagna statunitense in Vietnam... l'imperialismo feroce, alla lunga, non porta mai bene; lezione davvero mal digeribile dai vertici Usa. Intanto hanno sterminato ben oltre 1 milione di esseri senzienti, [popolazione locale, tra militari e civili], nella quasi indifferenza della comunità internazionale, restando impuniti, o subendo, in caso di richiesta volta al riconoscimento, sotto la voce crimini di guerra, pene leggere.

[@ThoNguyen-ld3dm]

SAIGON 1970 by Veteran Michael Belis kzbin.info/www/bejne/iHqkfGlnedSmiLc

[@RaulRodriguez-bq4nj]

Wow!! Vietnam war wasn't a real war, it was a glamorous adventure in paradise; accordingly to this videos.

[@gordonparks6463]

It's a Tribute to the Brave American Women. Don't watch it asshole.

[@99postcard]

It was a real boost to see these selfless cheery gals in country. Thank you all for your support (they shared the same risk of a mortar attack as any of us). Job well done !

[@donaldleegrim9756]

GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILIES MY DEAR FRIENDS. DR. DONALD LEE GRIM 83 PATRIOTIC AMERICAN VIETNAM WAR VETERAN OF 7 YEARS