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bluecollar2

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4. My father's cousin recieved an OBEfor her work

Reply to llmart (Original post)

Thu May 27, 2021, 10:28 PM

May 2021

On behalf of those British servicemen...

She was in her late nineties when she passed.

She joined the WRENs when she was just 17 during WW2. Spent the rest of her life serving.

So proud of her.

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Do not forget the women who served in Viet Nam... [View all] llmart May 2021 OP

My mother was also Red Cross. I stand with you in pride for their selfless service. FailureToCommunicate May 2021 #1

+1 llmart May 2021 #2

My mother had a cousin that was a Army nurse in WW2. Texaswitchy May 2021 #3

Wow! What a story. llmart May 2021 #5

They saw things. Texaswitchy May 2021 #6

I got really choked up watching tonight's PBS Memorial Day program. llmart May 2021 #7

Both my brother's were in Vietnam. Texaswitchy May 2021 #8

My father's cousin recieved an OBEfor her work bluecollar2 May 2021 #4