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In reply to the discussion: What the Oliver Stone docu says about the nuclear bombing of Japan is... [View all]MADem
(135,425 posts)their rightful place in history.
The gear the servicemembers at Batan, Iwo, Omaha etc., utilized, from their boots to their bandages, was made by women. Their wounds, if they made it to field hospitals, were tended by women. The aircraft they flew in were ferried, repaired and built by women. The food they ate was prepared, canned and shipped by women. The orders that sent them to their duty assignments were prepared by women.
You are showing your bias by doubling down as you're doing, and dismissing the importance of what I'm trying to impart to you. Women played as large a role as they were allowed to play at the time. For you to downplay your significant error of fact as an "imprecision" speaks volumes.
And not in a good way, either, in case you're unclear.
You should just correct your statement--it's easier than trying to defend it.