I thought we should take a moment to remember the women who serve as well. I've been lucky that none of my male ancestors were lost to war, but I actually have a 2nd great-grandmother from Ireland who was.
My cousin, a military buff, tells me that her husband, my gr-gr-grandfather, must have been a seargent because it was their wives who travelled with the army and did the cooking. In any event, she was killed and is buried in Karachi (sp?) which I believe is now part of Pakistan?
And during WWII, my grandmother was in the Land Army in Scotland. With the men gone, the women did the farming. Here's a photo of my gran (the middle) and a couple of others. I sort of like the uniforms!
Maybe we can eventually make language a complete impediment to understanding. -Hobbes
The photo above of the War Memorial, which is the National Memorial to our Fallen, does honour women's contribution in the form of nursing sisters cast in bronze along with all the branches of service (link).
I don't know about the pants, but I'd totally wear that little jacket on the left, although, is it just me or does the poor woman wearing it bear an uncanny resemblence to Jeff Goldblum? Maybe we can eventually make language a complete impediment to understanding. -Hobbes
