Women Warriors. Has a nice ring to it, doesn't it? I thought the recent news story of the combat ban (for women) being lifted was intriguing. I have to admit, my initial reaction was a flurry of mixed feelings. On the one hand, you imagine the horrible, gritty, and even dehumanizing experiences people have to go through when engaged or subjected to battle, but on the other, women fighting ... View Post
Pearl Witherington
Pearl Witherington was one of the girls who got away. Born in France to British parents, Pearl fled with her family back to England when the Nazis invaded France. However she returned in 1943 under the service of SOE, parachuting into the country and joining with the local Maquis Resistance fighters. Using the codename "Marie" (and later "Pauline"), she did everything from engaging ... View Post
Violette Szabo
The life that I have Is all that I have And the life that I have Is yours. The love that I have Of the life that I have Is yours and yours and yours. A sleep I shall have A rest I shall have Yet death will be but a pause. For the peace of my years In the long green grass Will be yours and yours and yours. After only two years of marriage, 21 year-old Violette Szabo lost her ... View Post