Diane Lindsay Explained

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.

Notes and References

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