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Veteran’s Day Talk Topic: Dawn Seymour of the Flying Fortresses

By Women's Voices For Change

Now 97, Dawn Seymour was a pioneer American female military pilot. Indeed, she was one of the "lucky 13" women who flew the B-17 as a member of the Women's Auxiliary Service during World War II.

Money & Careers

Finally Honoring “One Woman’s War”

By Luis Carlos Montalvan

Nearly fifty years ago, Sgt. Myrtle Vacirca-Quinn was an intelligence officer, often working behind enemy lines. Watch her, this week, as she finally receives a “Freedom Salute – Certificate of Appreciation” from the Army she served long ago.

News

Remembering One Woman’s War

By Luis Carlos Montalvan

Pulling on her size 4 1/2 combat boots to meet her driver who sped through wartime Italy’s treacherous streets, Sgt. Myrtle Vacirca had no time to reflect on how her own unlikely history of peril and promise had brought her to this point. That day in 1943, she was just another member of the OSS, Office of Strategic Services, an…

Politics

As Torture Memos Reveal, Gen. Karpinski Stands Up for Her Soldiers

By Chris Lombardi

Five years ago, revelations of the torture of prisoners in Iraq at Abu Ghraib prison resulted in the prosecution of low-ranking members of a military police unit headed by then-Brigadier General Janis Karpinski,who was demoted to colonel for not having prevented abuse of detainees, despite evidence that such “extraordinary measures” had been sanctioned by commanders in Washington. This week, when…

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Veteran’s Day Talk Topic: Dawn Seymour of the Flying Fortresses

Finally Honoring “One Woman’s War”

Remembering One Woman’s War

As Torture Memos Reveal, Gen. Karpinski Stands Up for Her Soldiers

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