Grab Your Guns, Ladies

[redbrunja]

Women Who Fought In World War II

What really kills me about this photo, of firefighters at Pearl Harbor? The lovely woman who is second from the left? Likely ended up illegally detained in an interment camp months after this photo was taken.

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[helicopini.livejournal.com]

The lovely woman who is second from the left? Likely ended up illegally detained in an interment camp months after this photo was taken.

Probably. :/

Still, great photographs.

[chomiji]

Great pictures!

Of course, anyone who read the WWII-era British children's classic Curtain Up (Theater Shoes in the U.S. release) by Noel Streatfield knows about the aircraft transport auxiliaries, because Petrova Fossil (first seen in Ballet Shoes as an enthusiastic young would-be pilot) is said to be serving in the British version.

I fear you're quite right about the Asian-American woman ... women, actually, because the second from the right also looks to be Asian.

[sekaigo.livejournal.com]

Those are fantastic pictures.

You may have already seen these, but there are some pretty incredible pictures of female Red Army soldiers up on Flickr--I'm really fond of these (http://www.flickr.com/photos/damopabe/3097614719/) two (http://www.flickr.com/photos/damopabe/3212865276/). (This woman (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyudmila_Pavlichenko), also.)

[the-sun-is-up.livejournal.com]

These are awesome! Thanks for the link!

[zeldabel.livejournal.com]

I am totally in awe of these pics. WWII is a particular fascination of mine. I've also been thinking about women in the military a lot since September 11, 2001. You know how radio stations played that Lee Greenwood song "God Bless the USA" over and over in the weeks after 9/11? The line "I won't foget the men who died..." really annoys me. Women have died, are dying, for our freedoom as well.

Gorgeous post.

[mistaria.livejournal.com]

This is so badass. ::saves some of the pics::

[ivy-chan.livejournal.com]

I shall save this for the next time I get into an argument with another douche who decides to tell me that women didn't fight in the army or be active in war until just recently.

[qualapec.livejournal.com]

You may also be very interested in this slideshow from BBC News about female Soviet Pilots who flew combat missions. The Germans called them Night Witches.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/8329676.stm