Carmen Vazquez Rivera of Tallahassee: War veteran, nurse, Latina pioneer
The life of Carmen Vazquez Rivera – a World War II and Korean War veteran who died recently at 103 – could be the makings of ...
Museum honors Daytona woman as one of the last-surviving real-life 'Rosie the Riveters'
The trailblazing female factory workers supported America's war by taking on jobs traditionally held by men so they could ...
80 years after World War II, Okinawa’s battle sites are still giving up bones and bombs
An estimated 240,000 people were killed or went missing in the Battle of Okinawa during World War II. Eighty years later, the ...
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‘Important part of American history’: Black women’s WWII battalion celebrated
The work of the 6888th Central Directory Postal Battalion in Europe during World War II, Col. Eries Mentzer says, help pave ...
5 books about forgotten female heroes to celebrate Women's History Month
From the streets of Harlem to Vietnam to Hollywood, these stories correct the record and spotlight lesser-known heroes for ...
Best Friends Who Met During WWII Have Shared Same Birthday Card for Over 80 Years, but No Longer Hold World Record
Sometimes, a card can say it all, and two best friends who met during World War II have been exchanging the same one for 81 years.
Family remembers Cobb woman as one of the members of the Six Triple Eight unit during World War II
The Six Triple Eight spent months sorting the massive backlog of mail that had been stacked in a warehouse in extremely poor ...
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Remarkable Women: Basia Berner
Basia Berner is living an extraordinary life. At 94 years old, she’s a World War II Veteran, enjoys swimming and takes ...
York NAACP to honor the women of the Six-Triple Eight, a groundbreaking WWII battalion
Anna Louise Bybee-Grayson of York was a member of the Six-Triple Eight Black female postal battalion in WWII celebrated in a ...
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Manga on Soviet women in WWII shocks industry, wows readers
Alexievich’s book recounts the experiences of hundreds of Soviet women who volunteered in World War II after a staggering number of male combatants were killed. The Japanese translation of the ...