Being a woman who served as a combat nurse in Vietnam, it took years for Diane Carlson Evans to see the same recognition as ...

Among the recipients were Mississippi Congressman Bennie Thompson and former Wyoming Congresswoman Liz Cheney, who co-led Congress’ investigation into the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.

A long-time advocate for military women, Diane Carlson Evans received one of the nation’s highest civilian honors during ...

Diane Carlson Evans served in the Vietnam War as an Army nurse before she founded the Vietnam Women's Memorial Foundation for female service members to be recognized for service to their country.

A White House crowd packed with Democratic loyalists and the president's son Hunter gave Liz Cheney standing ovation when President Biden gave her a citizens medal.

For Diane Carlson Evans, going to Vietnam to serve as a U.S. Army nurse was a calling. “I left the farm in 1968 to go to Vietnam,” she recalls. “I was a combat nurse, trauma nurse in two ...

Outgoing President Joe Biden awarded high honors to three champions of LGBTQ equality shortly after the new year.

Other honorees included Frank Butler, who set new standards for using tourniquets on war injuries; Diane Carlson Evans, an Army nurse during the Vietnam War who founded the Vietnam Women’s ...