Diane Lindsay

Captain Diane M. Lindsay was the first black woman to be awarded the Soldier's Medal.

In 1969 Diane M. Lindsay volunteered with the US Army Nurse Corps as a First Lieutenant at the 95th Evacuation Hospital in Vietnam, where she convinced a confused US soldier to surrender a grenade, which he had pulled the pin of and was preparing to throw within the hospital.[1][2][3] Lindsay's actions saved the lives of numerous people and earned her the Soldier’s Medal. She was the first black woman to receive the award.[4][5][6][7] Lindsay was eventually promoted to captain.

References
  1. Bellafaire, Dr. Judith. "Volunteering For Vietnam: African-American Servicewomen". Womens Memorial (July 2006).
  2. Mwamba, Jay. "Women at war". Daily News – via PressReader.
  3. Johnson, Kandia (11 November 2019). "African American Women Who Made U.S. Military History". Black Enterprise.
  4. Bellafaire, Dr. Judith. "After the Tet Offensive". Women’s Memorial (July 2006).
  5. Henry, Carma (16 May 2013). "Meet the first African American two-star General in the U.S. Army Medical Command". The Westside Gazette.
  6. "African-American History Month - Breakthroughs for Black Military Women". archive.defense.gov.
  7. Sarmecky, Mary (2001). "1901-2001: a century of heroism". Recruiter Journal. U.S. Army Recruiting Command.


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