Red Cross volunteer draws on ‘Donut Dolly’ days in Vietnam for Poland tour 5 decades later

Dorner Carmichael, shown here at age 20, volunteers in Vietnam as a Red Cross “Donut Dolly.” Now 76, Carmichael recently completed a new tour as a volunteer supporting deployed U.S. military personnel in Powidz, Poland. (Sarah Williams/U.S. Army)

POWIDZ, Poland — In 1970, 20-year-old Dorner Carmichael had just graduated from college and wasn’t sure what she wanted to do next.