> Anniversary of CT's Military Women
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| Event: | Anniversary of CT's Military Women | |||
| Date: | June 10th, 2018. | |||
| Time: | 12:00 PM | |||
| Location: | The Lodge Community Chapel at 130 Deerfield Rd. in Windsor, Conn. | |||
| Contact: | Sal V. Sena Sr., Commander Funeral Honors/Public Relations Officer - 860-614-6188, 4mermarine69@gmail.com | |||
In commemoration of the year2018 as the100th Anniversary of Women in the Military, the Veteran Service Organizations of Connecticut have been working together to identify and honorliving World War II Women Veterans for their service. This Sunday, June 10 at 12 noon, a special ceremony will be held at The Lodge Community Chapel at 130 Deerfield Rd. in Windsor, Conn. The Lodge is owned by the Carmon Family, who also operate Carmon Community Funeral Homes in Greater Hartford. The public is invited to attend this event which will feature more than 20 WWII female veterans from across Connecticut between the ages of 94 and 101. “In World War II, 350,000 women served in the military, and now with most in their mid-90's and older, it is imperative that we honor their service while they are with us,” says Sal V. Sena Sr., Commander Funeral Honors and Public Relations Officer of the Marine Corps League Dept. of Connecticut. Prior to WWII, women served in the Army and Navy as military nurses, and they did so without rank. For the first-time, women who were not nurses were allowed to enlist in all branches of the miltary. Negative public opinion and hesitant military leaders limited women’s roles, but the country needed their skills to pursue the war effort and to move male soldiers out of office jobs and onto the battlefield. First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, impressed by the British use of women in service, convinced General Marshall to introduce women into the American Military. Women serving in the military was nothing new. Women have served in military conflicts since the American Revolution, but World War II was the first time that women served in the United States military in an official capacity. Another big supporter of women in uniform was General Eisenhower. He told everyone that “he could not win the war without the aid of the women in uniform” World War II was the first time that women served in the United States military in an official capacity. Although women traditionally were excluded from military service and their participation in the Armed Forces was not promoted at the outset of World War II. It soon became apparent that their participation was necessary if we were to win the war. Three hundred and fifty thousand (350,000) women served in the armed forces – a number that exceeded total male troop strength in 1939. If it had not been for our women stepping up to the plate and serving in the military…we might be speaking German or Japanese. Almost 77 years later, both women and men, serve side-by-side in every climb and place under the same title: the United States Military.    | ||||