Military Law
Nov. 11, 2020
A veteran of distinction
For helping women veterans heal, she was called a ‘feminazi’
4th Appellate District, Division 3
Eileen C. Moore
Associate Justice
California Courts of Appeal
Diane Carlson Evans next to the Three Nurses Statue, Nov. 11, 2018 (Courtesy of Justice Eileen Moore)
Diane Carlson Evans came home from serving as a combat nurse in Vietnam and never shed a tear. Her default format was: "Tell nobody. Feel nothing. Risk nothing." Then she went to Washington, D.C. for the dedication of the Wall in 1982.
As she read the names on the Wall, thinking "Who of you died on my watch? I'm sorry we couldn't save you," she heard, "Ma'am, were you a nurse in Vietnam? The man gulped and looked nervous before sayi...
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