Reflections

At the end of Women's History Month, I look back on how women had to fight for positions in combat in our military. I wrote this for them:

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By Carolyn Rosenblatt

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She wanted to be a soldier

And they told her, yes, you can

she donned her garb

and went to war

as brave as any man.

They set upon the road at once

assigned an armored truck

She sat in back and did her part

until the wheels got stuck

They all got out

and viewed the scene

They pushed, it all seemed fine

The truck began to move ahead and no one saw the mine.

They sent her to her family

A hero in the city,

her body carried to its grave

they said it was a pity

She only chose a soldier’s life so she could prove it true

A girl can do what boys can do

and die as they do, too.

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