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The Hello Girls: America’s First Women Soldiers by Elizabeth Cobbs My rating: 5 of 5 stars Heartbreaking, Eye-opening, & Informative As a female veteran, this book really resonated with me. It’s because of women like those commemorated in this novel that I can vote and be recognized for my own service to my country. The hardships & battles they endured
Read moreDoes this woman’s name sound familiar to you? Rose Wilder Lane… Do you feel like you should know who she is, but you just can’t put your finger on it? Let me help you out – this is the firstborn and only surviving (to adulthood) child of Laura Ingalls Wilder and her husband, Almanzo. Now, I am about to blow
Read moreEveryone knows Bea Arthur was a Golden Girl. BUT… did you know she was also one of the first females to enlist into the United States Marine Corps Women’s Reserve? Yep, in 1943, during World War II, Bea Arthur started as a typist for the U.S. Marines before working as a trucker driver and dispatcher. Did you know that Bea was an
Read moreKind: a Christmas short story of post-WWII Munich by Kellyn Roth My rating: 5 of 5 stars A Heartwarming Gem! I didn’t know what to redirect from this short story. I’ve just been on a reading jag that includes WWI and WWII material. Thankfully, I found this little gem!! I absolutely loved this story. It transcends time and retains its
Read moreGirls on the Line by Aimie K. Runyan My rating: 5 of 5 stars Another View of WWI & Womanhood I loved this story. It was real to history and powerful while maintaining patriotism, romance, and action. It gave a truthful depiction of society in the early 1900s but still offered a story of sisterhood, empowerment, and “class” is found
Read moreTHE AVIATOR Two-part series takes readers into modern war in an F/A-18 fighter jet May 25th, 2021 … Coming soon from Craig DiLouie, The Aviator is a two-part series that presents the war memoirs of a modern carrier fighter pilot. The Aviator and its sequel, The Warfighter take the reader aboard a modern aircraft supercarrier and into the cockpit of
Read moreTHANK YOU TO ALL WHO SERVE https://nationaldaycalendar.com/veterans-day-november-11/ There are many ways to serve your people… your country, community, and family. For an elite group of U.S citizens (less than 1%), we opt to join the military. This means that we literally GIVE OURSELVES to our country in defense of the freedoms promised to our people. Yep, we GIVE UP
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