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Introduced on March 11, 2025 by Mikie Sherrill
This bill would award a single Congressional Gold Medal to the American Red Cross “Donut Dollies,” the women who volunteered in the Supplemental Recreation Activities Overseas (SRAO) program during the Vietnam War. It recognizes their frontline service supporting U.S. troops’ morale. After the award, the medal would go to the Smithsonian for display and research, and it could be shown at other places connected to the Donut Dollies. The bill highlights their impact: 1,120 women served with the Red Cross in Vietnam, including 627 in SRAO; they brought recreation to an estimated 280,500 servicemen, traveled vast distances across 28 locations, and faced real danger—five Red Cross workers died, three from the SRAO group .