![]() ![]() Instead, the telegrams were given to taxicab drivers for delivery, as depicted in the film We Were Soldiers. The Army had not yet set up an adequate system of notifying the next of kin of battlefield fatalities. The Ia Drang Campaign was the first major ground engagement involving U.S. Moore was especially active in setting up the Army Community Service organizations that are now a permanent fixture on all army posts and which assist each soldier as they process into their new duty stations. She supported the day care centers and worked with the wives clubs to take better care of the enlisted soldier and his family. She volunteered with the Red Cross in the Army hospitals. Wherever her husband was stationed, Moore served as a Brownie and Girl Scout Leader and Cub Scout Den Mother. Ĭompton was a graduate of Chevy Chase Junior College, Chevy Chase, Maryland and attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, as a member of Pi Beta Phi sorority, prior to her marriage. Her father fought in Europe in World War II, her husband served in both the Korean War and Vietnam War, and one of her sons fought with the 82nd Airborne Division in Panama and the Persian Gulf War. From the age of 12, she began a lifelong journey of experiencing the separation and risk of loss in war. Compton was born in Fort Sill, Oklahoma, the only child of U.S. ![]()
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