Editor's note: This essay is excerpted from the book "Black Women in WWII: Greatness Under Fire." Segregation, which was the prevailing policy of the military and much of America in 1941, ...

ELLISVILLE, Mo. — This is an unsung story about a group of World War II nurses. Terry Jacoby, a 100-year-old retired nurse, now lives in Ellisville. She is likely one of the few remaining women part ...

DANVILLE, Calif. — At age 106, Alice Darrow can clearly recall her days as a nurse during World War II, part of a pioneering group that dodged bullets as they hauled packs full of medical supplies and ...

For 50 years they gathered dust in the basement — the scrapbooks, old photos and news clippings, honors and citations. The uniform and boonie hat remained at the back of a closet. But thanks to the ...

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Meet the women who were the “secret weapon” that won the war and changed the world in the process. Meet the American women who built the planes and flew them, fought on the warfront and the home front ...