We're in this War, Too: World War II Letters from American Women in UniformVeterans' Day, 1993. The Vietnam memorial, Washington, D. C. Tearful thousands gather for the unveiling of a new monument, a long overdue tribute to the women who served in Southeast Asia. The event was a powerful reminder of the importance of women in the war and of its emotional role in their own lives. Yet Vietnam was not the first war in which American women enlisted alongside men. Fifty years ago, an even greater conflict engulfed the lives of