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Valiant Women with Lena Andrews
Here's Where It Gets Interesting
English - August 07, 2023 05:00 - 41 minutes - 95.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 13.3K ratingsGovernment Society & Culture Personal Journals history storytelling education government Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
On today’s episode, Sharon is joined by CIA military analyst, WWII expert, and debut author, Lena Andrews, to unveil the scale and scope of what women in uniform contributed during WWII. Over 350,000 American women served in uniform during the war, in every service branch, in every combat theater, and in nearly two-thirds of the available military occupations at the time. This ranged from critical support roles of flying planes across the country, drawing maps to help men get through Normandy, codebreaking, and building & maintaining the behind-the-scenes infrastructural work that made the heroics possible. If you loved our “How Women Won WWII” series, today’s episode will be a treat of untold history.
Host/Executive Producer: Sharon McMahon
Guest: Lena Andrews
Audio Producer: Jenny Snyder
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