Photo of a male officer pinning the Colonel eagle to Olivia Dent Bowen’s shoulder. They’re both smiling. She has short curly hair, and is wearing glasses.

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   Hilda Bastian (hildabast@mastodon.online)'s status on Thursday, 15-Feb-2024 22:35:30 JST Hilda Bastian

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   ...Bowen became a psychiatrist, & the first African-American woman Colonel in the US Army.

   In 1970, she did a tour of duty in Vietnam, as chief of psychiatry for the whole Army there. From then on, she was an advocate for treatment & support for substance dependency & PTSD.

   She was awarded medals for establishing drug treatment centers in the war zone & reducing racial tensions....

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