Women veterans reflect on meaning of Memorial Day

WELL, AS WE HONOR THOSE WHO HAVE DIED AFTER SERVING HER COUNTRY. WE’RE HEARING FROM 3 VETERANS ON WHAT THE DAY MEANS TO THEM. NEWS. EIGHT’S THERESA WEEKLY HAS THEIR STORY AND SHARES. WHAT THIS DAY MEANS TO THEM. 3 WOMEN MARINES WHO ARE ALL PART OF THE SAME AMERICAN LEGION POST IN GRAND RAPIDS ARE THINKING OF THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS TODAY WHO SERVED AND HAVE SINCE DIED. THEY ARE PART OF A SMALL BUT GROWING CLUB OF WOMEN WITH MILITARY EXPERIENCE HOPING TO MAKE LIFE BETTER FOR VETERANS. I WENT ZIP LINING AND GOT TO CUT IT TO 85.

I LOVE IT. AND ANDERSON’S NEW TATTOO IS ONLY ONE OF THE THINGS YOU MIGHT FIND SURPRISING ABOUT HER INTO THE SKY THE SAGO SKY THINKING ABOUT IT. BUT MY HUSBAND WAS A PARATROOPER. AND I SEE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE SHOE DOESN’T OPEN. SHE’S A MARINE WHO SERVED DURING THE KOREAN WAR AND RECENTLY JOINED THE AMERICAN LEGION POST 2.58 IN GRAND RAPIDS BOTH MY BOYS OR AT THE SAME TIME. WHEN I WAS WORKING THE THAT WAS A TOUGH YEAR. JUDY WILLIAMS HAS BEEN PART OF THAT SAME POST FOR MANY YEARS FOLLOWING HER SERVICE DURING THE VIETNAM

WAR WHEN THERE WERE NO WOMEN WERE THE FIRST WOMEN TO GO THROUGH ELECTRONIC SCHOOL IN SAN DIEGO. JENNA SLY IS THE YOUNGEST OF THE BUNCH HAVING SERVED DURING THE GULF

WAR AND THE WAR ON TERROR. YEAH. WHY THE MARINE CORPS AND NOT AIR FORCE THE AIR FOR THE WOMEN’S AIR CORPS. AT THAT I JUST WANT TO JOIN THE MARINES. I HAD 3 BROTHERS IN THE AIR FORCE. SO SHE SAID I WANT TO SHOW HIM ALL HAHA ARE I STILL KEEP IN TOUCH WITH MY ENTIRE WELL, MOST OF PLATOON OF GIRLS FROM BOOT CAMP WAS THAT

KIND OF CONNECTION IS SOMETHING JENNA SAYS IS VITAL FOR ANY VETERAN. MY SAYS SHE’S LOST MANY OF HER FELLOW SERVICE MEMBERS ALONG THE WAY. THEY THEY’RE PASSED AWAY IN AFGHANISTAN OR THEY PASSED AWAY FROM THEIR AND SADLY. FROM MENTAL HEALTH. SUICIDE OR SO. THAT’S A HUGE THING. THAT’S WHY I BECAME INVOLVED WITH THE AMERICAN LEGION. WERE MY 3 BROTHERS. I’M THINKING ABOUT THE FRIENDS. I AND I’M THINKING ABOUT MY WHO PASSED AWAY. HE WAS IN VIETNAM. HE’S THE REASON I JOINED THE THE HATS WITH THE RED COMES ON TOP SERVES MORE THAN THEIR PURPOSE BECAUSE

IF YOU GO INTO A DOORWAY ON A SHIP AND I’VE DONE IT. I’VE DONE ON SHIP. I THE TOP OF MY HEAD. SO HARD THAT THIS CHRISTIAN, YOU KNOW, PUSHING IT. THEY’RE ALSO ASSIGNED TO OTHER VETERANS. THESE THEY HAVE A COMMUNITY OF STRUGGLES AND WANT TO OFFER AND ARE AN AMERICAN LEGION POST 2.58 IS THE ONLY MARITIME POST DEDICATED TO THAT IN THE COUNTRY. AND THEY’LL BE HOLDING A FUNDRAISING EVENT COMING UP SOON HERE IN THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS TO RAISE MONEY FOR CHILDREN WHO HAVE LOST THEIR PARENTS EITHER DURING SERVICE OR FOLLOWING SERVICE. YOU

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