"Remember the Ladies." [View all]
Abigail Adams said this to her husband. Once again, we are forgetting the ladies.
There is a major push to rename military bases, because so many of them are named after Confederates. Why not name some of them after females who have figured in our military history?
Ruby Bradley was one of the most decorated women in U.S. military history. She was an army nurse. When she was captured, she gave most of her rations to the children, and was liberated weighing about eighty-three pounds.
We have other examples in other branches of the service. The WASPS are the most romantic. Jackie Cochran suggested the idea of using women as pilots in non-combat roles during World War II. We have the WAVES as well.
Has anyone heard of Virginia Hall, socialite turned spy?
Women are becoming more common as war leaders and heroes. I am not suggesting that we name a base after my Senator, Tammy Duckworth, but she is one helluva woman.
Remember the ladies.
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