<div dir="ltr"><div>Soviets were well-known for using women in combat during the war. You should read about the famous snipers at Stalingrad. One woman with many kills later visited the US; all the press wanted to talk about were makeup and stuff. she was bewildered.<br>
</div>The Night Witches do appear briefly I believe in the novel The Kindly Ones. They were incredibly brave<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 3:06 PM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jpender@siue.edu" target="_blank">jpender@siue.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">What went wrong in my life and education that I don't about this? And why hasn't<br>
there been a movie about it? And if there is, why don't I know about it?<br>
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Quoting "Erik T. Burns" <<a href="mailto:eburns@gmail.com">eburns@gmail.com</a>>:<br>
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