Captain Diane M. Lindsay was the first black woman to be awarded the Soldier's Medal.
In 1969 Diane M. Lindsay volunteered with the US Army Nurse Corps as a First Lieutenant at the 95th Evacuation Hospital in Vietnam, where she convinced a confused US soldier to surrender a grenade, which he had pulled the pin of and was preparing to throw within the hospital. [1] [2] [3] Lindsay's actions saved the lives of numerous people and earned her the Soldier’s Medal. She was the first black woman to receive the award. [4] [5] [6] [7] Lindsay was eventually promoted to captain.
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