R.I.P. Edith Shain 06/23/2010!!!

I had read about the nurses during WWII & how much they meant to the soldiers. It wasn't until my Dad had the opportunity to go on the Honor Flight that I had the realization of the number of women who had served on the lines. Of 100 vets taken to Washington DC from my area, 6 were female. Assuming this was a fair representation of the women who served quietly, a good number of women were in harms way with NO way to defend themselves as they weren't allowed to carry a weapon. A few have recently received awards for their service to our country, but I'm sure it was NO way near the number who sacrificed themselves to help defend our country. Before the few female vets left die, I hope they hear THANK YOU loud & clear!!!

I definitely have to agree with you here, LadyMarissa. My dad is a Vet as are a few other members of my family, and we have several family friends that have and/or are serving our country, and some of them are women. However, even today, many people only associate Vets and service of our country with men, and that not only saddens me but also is a great disservice to the women that have put their lives on the line in service of our country, especially (as you pointed out) when they had no way to defend themselves and yet they willingly put themselves in harms way to aide our country and our troops.

Boy did you say a mouth full!!! Do you realize that the children going into the first grade next year won't have a clue what the Gulf War was??? I agree that our children should be taught about ALL our wars including those only called conflicts!!! How are they to appreciate what they have if they don't understand what it took to get there??? During World War II the women weren't sent to fight in battle; however, many were on the front line along with the fighting men...but they weren't issued weapons!!! That had to be scary!!!!

Yes, this was one of the CLASSICS as it lived in the hearts of EVERY man who served & survived!!! We are losing a dozen WWII vets every day so they won't be around much longer. I feel we owe the Middle East vets as much as we owe to WWII vets!!!! And for Gods sake lets NOT forget the Vietnam & Korean Conflict vets!!!! THANK YOU TO EVERY VETERAN STILL BREATHING!!!

AMEN!!! We CANNOT thank them enough!!!! Coming from the South, we never made it past the Civil War; however, I learned a LOT from my Dad. As most are between 80-100 years of age, the World War II generation is no longer leaving us slowly. Soon we will be wishing they were still here so we could say THANK YOU!!!! I was at the local airport Friday evening & one flight that arrived was filled with young soldiers returning home from the Middle East. I stood at the bottom of the steps & shook hands with EVERY one of them & said THANK YOU!!! One young lad hugged me as he cried. If we say "thank you" a million ties a day, I don't think it would be enough!!!!

It is sad that it was her time to go; however, her 15 minutes of fame has lasted for 65 years!!! I dread telling my Dad that she has passed as he loved that woman!!!! Our veterans have offered their lives so we don't lose ours...what an unselfish SACRIFICE!!!!