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The resolution formally honors specific women volunteer programs and helps preserve their history, at the cost of modest taxpayer outlays and potential perceptions that other wartime volunteers are being excluded.
Women who served as Donut Dollies and in the SRAO would receive formal recognition that validates and honors their wartime service.
Veterans, their families, and local communities would see increased public awareness and preservation of the historical roles and sacrifices of these volunteer programs.
Taxpayers could incur modest administrative or commemorative costs to implement and publicize the recognition.
Other veterans or informal wartime volunteers may feel excluded or overlooked because the recognition targets specific programs, risking perceived unfairness.
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Formally recognizes and honors women volunteers who provided refreshments and morale services to U.S. servicemembers in multiple wars, including Vietnam SRAO volunteers.
Official title: Commending the "Donut Dollies" for their patriotic service and steadfast support of United States servicemembers in combat and honoring their extraordinary contributions to the morale and well-being of United States servicemembers during wartime.
Introduced April 29, 2026 by Thomas Roland Tillis · Last progress April 29, 2026
Recognizes and honors the women volunteers who served food, recreation, and morale support to U.S. servicemembers across multiple conflicts — including Salvation Army "Doughnut Lassies" (circa 1917), American Red Cross Clubmobile and "Donut Dollies" in World War II and the Korean War, and the Supplemental Recreation Activities Overseas (SRAO) program in Vietnam (1965–1972). Notes the scale of SRAO deployments, the risks volunteers faced (injuries and five Red Cross workers killed), and contemporary praise for their service, concluding that these volunteers merit official recognition.