Nancy Wake, WW2 Heroine.?
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This film was made for TV in 1987.  Heres the link http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095707/\n\nTry amazon?\nGeorge
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Audie L. Murphy \nIn ww2
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I intend to go to a dawn service for the first time - my grandfather was in the RAAF and my grandmother served in the women's auxillary during WWII and now they're both gone I want to pay my respects for the work they did and the ultimate sacrifice of others in their generation.\nThe afternoon - BBQ, beers and 2-Up I think, a classic Anzac Day!!
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its WW2 slang...officers aid.
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http://www.euronet.nl/users/wilfried/ww2/ww2.htm
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There have been several women killed in Iraq, the first was Pfc. Lori Piestewa.  I wouldn't call her a "girl" I would call her an American hero.
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do something that interests you for me it was history ww2
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I know that her fiance was murdered a while back, which is why she got into law and is such a vehement victims' rights advocate.\n\nHere's a link:\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Grace
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Well, I think if this is for a report you better narrow down your topic or you may find yourself in over your head. What kind of famous females? I'll try to name just a few for you that I think are awesome women! To start with my personal hero and the wonderful woman for whom I was named... Corrie Ten Boom. Corrie was in her late 50's during WW2.She along with her elderly Father, and Sister were imprisoned in a Nazi death camp for hiding many Jewish friends in their Dutch home. Corrie lived for many years after she was freed from prison she went on to co-author several books including but not limited to "The Hiding Place" (which is also an ok movie but the books are always better) :) And Prison letters. So there's a war hero for ya. Don't forget about someone who may be in your life that is serving our country! If you are looking for someone in the news a lot there is Condoleeza (not sure of spelling) Rice. Also there are probably a million women you could consider in the entertainment business. Not the least of which are; Julia Roberts, Angelina Jolie, Brittney Spears, Janet Jackson... sorry on this one I do my best to know as little as possible about this type of "famous" person. LOL anyhow you could also consider someone like Iris Johansen who is an excellent author. What about a Biblical (or other religious) female figure. You could use Mary Magdeline, Mary the Mother of Jesus, The Queen of Heaven Isis, or Venus the Greek god of love... I'm sure there are a ton of other religious female figures as well.\nOk so I hope one of these suits your needs... good luck
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Our dirt is our dirt. I'd be suprised to find anything revealing hereby a military member..past or present. I dig to vibe too...but it's too close, you know? Like someone asking about your crazy Aunt Bea.
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Xenocide! Evil Evil Hitler Man!!!!!!!!!!!\nFor more information feel free to e-mail me at happiest_phantom@ yahoo.com I am an expert on WW2 and my mother is writing a book about it !
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Nobody has that right. It was probably some panty waist that has never served and could not stand the thought of a woman bettering him. My mother ran into the same thing whenever she said she was a veteran. She was in the RAF in London during WW2 and was an ambulance driver. A person told her that didn't count. Well it counted in my book. God Bless all veterans!
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I glad you mentioned that her last port-of-call was in 1965.  Apparently there were more than one HMS Bonaventure.  \n\nThe eighteenth “Bonaventure” is a 10-gun twin-screw cruiser, launched at Devonport in 1892.  She is of 4360 tons, 9000 horsepower, and 19 knots speed.  Her length, speed, and draught were 320ft, 50ft, and 21ft.  In 1900 the “Bonaventure” commanded by Captain Robert A Montgomerie, played a minor part in the third China war or “Boxer Rising.” She was subsequently converted into a sea-going submarine depot.\n\nThere was another in WWII.  Bonaventure served initially with the Home Fleet on completion, and escorted WS convoys. While on such duty with WS5a on 25 December 1940, the convoy was attacked by Admiral Hipper, although no damage was incurred or inflicted.\n\nAlmost immediately afterwards the ship was ordered to the Mediterranean. On 28 December 1940, Bonaventure intercepted the German blockade runner Baden (8204 tons) off Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands. The German ship was en route from Tenerife to France. A capture was not possible due to the bad weather, so Bonaventure sank the ship with a torpedo.\n\nBonaventure was a part of Force "F" during the Operation Excess convoy to Malta in January 1941, she was attacked by the Italian torpedo boats Circe and Vega south of Pantelleria, but sank Vega on 10 January 1941. In March she escorted a convoy to Malta and was damaged by near misses while at Malta on 22 March 1941. She then participated in the Greek campaign, but on 31 March 1941, while escorting a convoy from Greece to Alexandria, she was torpedoed and sunk by the Italian submarine Ambra south of Crete with 139 lives lost.\n\nThen there was another Bonaventure.  Another extraordinary sequel occurred in January 1947, when Midshipman Nicholson was posted to HMS Bonaventure for return to Australia. HMS Bonaventure was a submarine depot ship, coming to Australia to return those RN sailors in Navy detention or civil prison to finish their sentences in Singapore. The ship ran aground for 24 hours when transiting the Great Barrier Reef and once again the young Nicholson learnt at an early age the importance of safe navigation.  This may be the one you are looking for.\n\nAnd then there was the proud HMCS Bonaventure.  This Canadian Aircraft Carrier was put out of service sometime after late 1969.
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I love when Ann Coulter says things like this about the widows of the 9/11 attacks:\n\n“These self-obsessed women seem genuinely unaware that 9-11 was an attack on our nation and acted like as if the terrorist attack only happened to them. They believe the entire country was required to marinate in their exquisite personal agony. Apparently, denouncing Bush was part of the closure process.”\n\nA good word to describe her starts with a C and rhymes with HUNT.\n\nI agree with Jim Darwin's statement as well.
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Try contacting Jack Canfield:\n\nhttp://www.jackcanfield.com/\n\nHe wrote the book her story appears in:\n\n"Chicken Soup for the Military Wives Soul"
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Deborah Sampson, born in Plympton, Massachusetts (originally called Winnetuxet) on a wintry day - December 17, 1760 - as the oldest of three daughters and three sons of Jonathan and Deborah Sampson, was the first known American woman to impersonate a man in order to join the army and take part in combat. Deborah's ancestral line descends down from Plymouth Colony Governor William Bradford of the Mayflower through Governor Bradford's son Joseph Bradford and Jael Hobart, Elisha Bradford and Bathsheba LeBrocke.\n\nLucy Freeman and Alma Bond, Ph. D., in their book America's First Woman Warrior, describes Deborah's grandmother, Bathsheba (LeBrocke) Bradford as "a young French woman of beauty and elegance" and "was to have an innovative influence on her life and subsequent choice of career." Of this influence on Deborah's life, they further write [America's First Woman Warrior, Lucy Freeman and Alma Bond, Paragon House 1992, p. 70]:\n\n"Deborah's grandmother, the spirited Bathsheba, was very close to her daughter Deborah, often visited her grandchildren in Plympton. She spoiled young Deborah outrageously, according to Deborah's mother, as Deborah, with her bright mind and warm, affectionate nature, became Bathsheba's favorite. Deborah remembered her grandmother telling her many times in her French accent the inspiring story of the heroine of France, Joan of Arc, the Maid of Orleans who in a pair of breeches led the French army to victory over the British. She was burned at the stake for her bravery because she insisted she was responsible only to God and not to the hypocritical rulers of the church."\n\nThis close relationship with her grandmother, Bathsheba (LeBrocke) Bradford, no doubt, may have had a profound influence later in Deborah's decision to enlist disguised as a man and serve with the Massachusetts Troops in the Revolutionary War. She was also a great granddaughter of one of Plympton's first settlers, Isaac Sampson. Isaac had sailed from Leyden, Holland in 1629 - his brother Henry Sampson having sailed over on the Mayflower.\n\nLucy Freeman and Alma Bond [America's First Woman Warrior, Paragon House 1992, p. 87] further write: "Deborah, in a sense, was born to war. She had listened to many a conversation between her mother and grandmother about how the war had affected the Bradfords. Governor Bradford's son, William, commander of the Plymouth forces in King Phillip's War, was hit at the thy by a musket ball, which he carried the rest of his life." Deborah Sampson's mother's sister, Hannah Bradford, and her spouse Joshua Bradford had both been killed and scalped on 22 May 1758 in the Indian attack on Meduncook (Friendship), Maine. I'm told that, according to local history, Chief Moxus led the attack. Joshua, grinding corn outside early that morning, did not hear the warning shots. Having saved the life of the Chief when he was drowning near the Bradford house, because of the gratitude the Chief had expressed, Joshua did not fear the local Indians and had not moved his family inside the Fort as his neighbors had. At least two of the their children were captured and taken into Canada where they were held captive until Quebec was taken by Gen. Wolf and they returned home. One of the daughters is said to have been rescued by one of the soldiers from the Fort after she received a vicious wound in the attack - supposedly severed ribs from her spine. Quite possibly my 5th Great Grandmother Hannah Bradford and the rest of the Bradford children were inside the Fort when the attack occurred about half an hour past sunrise and thus spared their lives, however, I have not seen any primary source documentation specifically stating whether they were inside the Fort or inside the Bradford house when the attack occurred. The attack was reported by a whaleboat coming up from Meduncook and the original report is recorded in the Bosto