Today in Marine Corps History

17 March 1967: The first woman Marine to report to Vietnam for duty, Master Sergeant Barbara J. Dulinsky, began her 18-hour flight to Bien Hoa, 30 miles north of Saigon. MSgt. Dulinsky and the other officer and enlisted Women Marines that followed were assigned to the Military Assistance Command, Vietnam (MACV) based in Saigon. Most worked with the Marine Corps Personnel Section providing administrative support to Marines assigned as far north as DMZ, but two Lieutenant Colonels,  Ruth O'Holleran and Ruth Reinholz, served as historians with the Military History Branch, Secretary Joint Staff, MACV.