Women have served in U.S. wars since the 1st

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Women have served in U.S. wars since the 1st

http://www.militarytimes.com/news/2013/01/ap-women-served-in-american-wars-since-revolutionary-war-012713/ Women have served in U.S. wars since the 1st By Connie Cass - The Associated Press Posted : Sunday Jan 27, 2013 11:36:46 EST WASHINGTON — American women have served and died on the nation’s battlefields from the first. They were nurses and cooks, spies and couriers in the Revolutionary War. Some disguised themselves as men to fight for the Union or the Confederacy. Yet the U.S. military’s official acceptance of women in combat took more than two centuries. New roles for females have been doled out fitfully, whenever commanders have gotten in binds and realized they needed women’s help. Related reading Women in combat? Pentagon says yes (1/24) SecDef: Women, men to be held to same standards (1/24) Officials: Panetta opens combat roles to women (1/23) “The main dr...

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