 On Behalf Of A Forever Grateful Nation. A Soldier is not Dead until they are Forgotten... 
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On Behalf Of A Forever Grateful Nation. A Soldier is not Dead until they are Forgotten...
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OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM
OPERATION ENDURING
FREEDOM
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AMERICAN WOMEN
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"We want women
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| The Army opened five WAAC training centers and in July 1942, the first group of 440 women officer candidates (40 of whom were African American) and 330 enlisted women began training at Fort Des Moines, Iowa. Uniform supply was inadequate but it did not deter training. Except for weapons and tactical training, the women's courses paralleled those for Army men, as did their training circumstances. |
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Two US Army female soldiers Private
Miranda Nichols (left), 18, from Georgia, and Private First Class
Leysha Williamson, 27, from Texas, wait in a foxhole during a dawn
defensive alert south of Baghdad.
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"It was
intensely hot when [Spec. Danielle Green] went up on the roof of the
Sadoon Police Station the afternoon of May 25 in Baghdad, she
recalled Wednesday from her hospital bed on the fifth floor of
Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Her left arm, which now ends just
below the elbow, was swathed in bandages from surgery the day before
for the insertion of a plate. It was her sixth operation, she
estimated, since being wounded. |
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Lt. Dawn Halfaker and soldiers from her military police platoon were on a reconnaissance patrol in Baqouba, Iraq, when a rocket-propelled grenade exploded inside their armored Humvee, grievously wounding two of the soldiers inside. Full Story On Wounded Page. SEE HER COMPLETE
STORY ON WOUNDED PAGE. |
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Above: Michelle with children of Baghdad. |
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A female American soldier escorts an Iraqi woman away from the scene of a Baghdad suicide car bombing. Some 20 percent of US combat support and service roles in Iraq are now filled by women. (Photo: Hadi Mizban / AP) |
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BELOW ARE FATALITIES IN THE IRAQI FREEDOM CONFLICT. THIS INCLUDES ALL WOMEN FROM ALL COUNTRIES THAT HAVE PAID THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE FOR THEIR COUNTRY. |
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2003 CASUALTIES IRAQI FREEDOM CONFLICT |
  
Lori Ann Piestewa  Private First Class KIA: March 23, 2003 Hostile - Hostile Fire - Ambush United States Of America Lori was a young, twenty-three-old Hopi American Indian raised on a Navajo reservation. 
Melissa Valles Sergeant KIA: July 09, 2003 Non-Hostile - Weapon Discharge United States Of America
Alyssa R. Peterson Specialist KIA: September 15, 2003 Non-Hostile - Suicide United States Of America
Analaura Esparza Gutierrez Private First Class KIA: October 01, 2003 Hostile - Hostile Fire - Grenade United States Of America
Tamarra J. Ramos Specialist KIA: October 01, 2003 Non-Hostile - Unspecified Injury United States Of America
Jakia Sheree Cannon  Seaman KIA: October 25, 2003 Non-Hostile United States Of America
Rachel K. Bosveld Private First Class KIA: October 26, 2003 Hostile - Hostile Fire - Mortar Attack United States Of America
Karina S. Lau Private First Class KIA: November 02, 2003 Hostile - Hostile Fire - Helicopter Crash (Missile Attack) United States Of America
Frances M. Vega Specialist KIA: November 02, 2003 Hostile - Hostile Fire - Helicopter Crash (Missile Attack) United States Of America
Sharon T. Swartworth Chief Warrant Officer (CW5) KIA: November 07, 2003 Hostile - Hostile Fire - Helicopter Crash (Missile Attack) United States Of America
Linda C. Jimenez Sergeant KIA: November 08, 2003 Non-Hostile - Accidental Fall United States Of America
Kimberly A. Voelz Staff Sergeant KIA: December 14, 2003 Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack United States Of America |
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2004 CASUALTIES IRAQI FREEDOM CONFLICT |
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Kimberly N. Hampton Captain KIA: January 02, 2004 Hostile - Hostile Fire - Helicopter Crash United States Of America
Keicia M. Hines Sergeant KIA: January 13, 2004 Non-Hostile - Vehicle Accident United States Of America
Holly J. McGeogh Private First Class KIA: January 31, 2004 Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack United States Of America
Nichole M. Frye Private First Class KIA: February 16, 2004 Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack United States Of America
Gussie M. Jones Captain KIA: March 07, 2004 Non-Hostile - Illness - Heart Attack United States Of America
Fern L. Holland Civilian KIA: March 09, 2004 Hostile - Hostile Fire United States Of America
Tyanna S. Felder Specialist KIA: April 07, 2004 Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack United States Of America
Michelle M. Witmer Specialist KIA: April 09, 2004 Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack United States Of America
Isela Rubalcava Sergeant KIA: May 08, 2004 Hostile - Hostile Fire - Mortar Attack United States Of America
Leslie D. Jackson Private First Class KIA: May 20, 2004 Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack United States Of America
Melissa J. Hobart Private First Class KIA: June 06, 2004 Non-Hostile - Illness United States Of America
Linda Ann Tarango-Griess National Guard Sergeant First Class KIA: July 11, 2004 Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack United States Of America
Tatjana Reed Sergeant KIA: July 22, 2004 Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack United States Of America
Shawna M. Morrison National Guard Sergeant KIA: September 05, 2004 Hostile - Hostile Fire - Mortar Attack United States Of America
Gina R. Sparks Staff Sergeant KIA: October 04, 2004 Non-Hostile United States Of America
Jessica L. Cawvey National Guard Sergeant KIA: October 06, 2004 Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack United States Of America
Pamela G. Osbourne Sergeant KIA: October 11, 2004 Hostile - Hostile Fire - Rocket Attack United States Of America
 Denise Michelle Rose British Army Staff Sergeant KIA: October 31, 2004 Non-Hostile - Weapon Discharge (Suicide) England United Kingdom
Cari Anne Gasiewicz Sergeant KIA: December 04, 2004 Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack United States Of America
Tina Safaira Time Reserve Sergeant KIA: December 13, 2004 Non-Hostile - Vehicle Accident United States Of America |
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MORE TO BE ADDED VERY SHORTLY! Thank you for stopping by to pay respects. |
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Anissa A. Shero of the Air Force's 16th Special Operations Wing was
killed when an Air Force MC130-H crashed near an air strip in the
Gardez region of Afghanistan. |
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Women's Museum Make sure you contact the museum before sending any items. To make donations contact the museum at, telephone (804) 734-4327, DSN 687-4327 or e-mail AWMWeb@lee.army.mil. |
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