Diane Carlson Evans receives Presidential Citizens Medal for founding the Vietnam Women's Memorial. Diane Carlson Evans recibe la Medalla Ciudadana Presidencial por fundar el Vietnam Women's Memorial.

Diane Carlson Evans, a former Vietnam War army nurse, has been awarded the Presidential Citizens Medal for her exceptional service to the country. Diane Carlson Evans, una ex enfermera del ejército de la guerra de Vietnam, ha sido galardonada con la Medalla de Ciudadanos Presidenciales por su servicio excepcional al país. Evans, who served as a nurse during the war, later founded the Vietnam Women's Memorial Foundation, which led to the creation of a monument on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., honoring around 265,000 women who served in the war. Evans, quien sirvió como enfermera durante la guerra, más tarde fundó la Vietnam Women's Memorial Foundation, que llevó a la creación de un monumento en el National Mall en Washington, D.C., honrando a unas 265.000 mujeres que sirvieron en la guerra. The medal is the second-highest civilian honor in the U.S. La medalla es el segundo honor civil más alto de Estados Unidos.