Hard to believe these weren't mentioned in GR...

[rich]

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.
The Night Witches do appear briefly I believe in the novel The Kindly Ones.
They were incredibly brave


On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 3:06 PM, <jpender at siue.edu> wrote:

> What went wrong in my life and education that I don't about this? And why
> hasn't
> there been a movie about it? And if there is, why don't I know about it?
>
>
> Quoting "Erik T. Burns" <eburns at gmail.com>:
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> > Night Witches
> >
> >
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> http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/15/world/europe/nadezhda-popova-ww-ii-night-witch-dies-at-91.html?_r=0
> >
> > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_Witches
> >
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