Founder and President of the Vietnam Women's Memorial Foundation Diane Carlson Evans, who served in the Army Nurse Corps in Vietnam, praised the 11,000 military women who served during the war. Evans was the driving force for the seven-foot-tall sculpture depicting three women supporting a wounded Soldier. The Vietnam Women's Memorial was dedicated on Veteran's Day, 1993.

Founder and President of the Vietnam Women's Memorial Foundation Diane Carlson Evans, who served in the Army Nurse Corps in Vietnam, praised the 11,000 military women who served during the war. Evans was the driving force for the seven-foot-tall sculpture depicting three women supporting a wounded Soldier. The Vietnam Women's Memorial was dedicated on Veteran's Day, 1993.