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Kablooie

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18. It was quite a surprise when I found out.

Reply to CTyankee (Reply #15)

Sun Aug 3, 2014, 07:11 PM

Aug 2014

She worked with a German scientist who spoke just a little English.
He would translate the papers into pidgin English and she would re-write them into correct English.

One thing that she wasn't proud of was drawing maps of Nagasaki.
My wife is Japanese and I've never told her this and never will.

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18 Color Photos Of Female WWII Workers That Will Make You Proud(er) To Be A Woman [View all] one_voice Aug 2014 OP

Thank you shenmue Aug 2014 #1

Proud ot be an American woman. I doubt the women supporting the Axis are entitled to as much pride. Nuclear Unicorn Aug 2014 #2

I doubt that many women in Axis countries were doing tasks like the ones in these photos. Brigid Aug 2014 #14

I would've thought that killing millions of innocent people was Germany's biggest mistake Yavin4 Aug 2014 #38

Not just American women cwydro Aug 2014 #34

Great photos. brer cat Aug 2014 #3

My father's sisters worked making wings for planes, machining and fitting them together, and making freshwest Aug 2014 #4

Great story, thanks. mountain grammy Aug 2014 #16

Wow! 93 and still working at Boeing! senseandsensibility Aug 2014 #24

My mother was a Rosie the riveter. Mr.Bill Aug 2014 #5

My aunt worked on codes. JDPriestly Aug 2014 #6

My mom wasn't a "Rosie the Rivetet",... MarianJack Aug 2014 #7

Thank you! My late mom worked in a plant for 4 years. catbyte Aug 2014 #8

My mom worked in a factory bottling DDT Hoppy Aug 2014 #9

It was an important job... awoke_in_2003 Aug 2014 #32

My mom enlisted in the US Army in 1943, honorably discharged in 1946. Scuba Aug 2014 #10

Oh, I just love these wartime romance stories...how wonderful... CTyankee Aug 2014 #22

MY Mom, not a Rosie Riverter, but was a SPAR, US Coast Guard Women's Reserve. Fla Dem Aug 2014 #11

My mom worked on the Enola Gay when it was being built at the Martin Bomber plant Omaha Steve Aug 2014 #12

Wow, just wow. amandabeech Aug 2014 #30

I'm very proud of Mom Omaha Steve Aug 2014 #36

Thank you for posting that great story about all the Purple Hearts made for amandabeech Aug 2014 #37

My mom and her sister were Maisie the map maker. Kablooie Aug 2014 #13

good lord! She is a hero! CTyankee Aug 2014 #15

It was quite a surprise when I found out. Kablooie Aug 2014 #18

thank you. what an important thing to know. Your mother was wonderful... CTyankee Aug 2014 #19

In 1942, my Mom was single and 30 and joined the Marines! mountain grammy Aug 2014 #17

I love the stories... one_voice Aug 2014 #20

Thanks madokie Aug 2014 #21

I was told my Mom was a Rosie too HockeyMom Aug 2014 #23

But sadly it's also a reminder of the discrimination the military had against women in combat roles RB TexLa Aug 2014 #25

Consider the times customerserviceguy Aug 2014 #27

i would never drink with you. nt. dionysus Aug 2014 #28

k&r Liberal_in_LA Aug 2014 #26

My Mom made bullets and land mines in a factory in Jackson, MI. amandabeech Aug 2014 #29

both of my grandmothers worked in plants during the war... awoke_in_2003 Aug 2014 #31

Oh, and k&r. nt awoke_in_2003 Aug 2014 #33

From then to now... trumad Aug 2014 #35