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Women in combat, from World War II anti-Nazi Greek resistance to Viet Cong to Syrian Kurdish militia




When Vietnamese women fighters were operating the anti-aircraft guns that protected the Gulf of Tonkin in North Vietnam, and female guerillas were stalking the wild mountain ranges of the nation’s Central Highlands, American women were kept well away from the front lines of the Vietnam war.There was no need for American women to fight because the draft meant there was a seemingly endless supply of young American men who could be sent to join the conflict in the Southeast Asian nation.The United…



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