LEFT: “Donut Dollie” Liz Mangum served the troops in Vietnam for a year as part of the American Red Cross. RIGHT: Mangum said the Red Cross always held a ribbon-cutting when a new recreation center opened, like this one for the First Air Cavalry Division in An Khê, Vietnam.
Dahlonega resident Liz Mangum made a critical contribution to the American war effort in Vietnam, but not in any of the branches of the armed forces. For 12 months, in 1966, Mangum served in Vietnam w…