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  2. Stonewall National Monument - Wikipedia

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    Stonewall National Monument is a 7.7-acre (3.1 ha) U.S. national monument in the West Village neighborhood of Greenwich Village in Lower Manhattan, New York City. [2] The designated area includes the Stonewall Inn, the 0.19-acre (8,300 sq ft; 770 m 2) Christopher Park, and nearby streets including Christopher Street, the site of the Stonewall riots of June 28, 1969, widely regarded as the ...

  3. Military Women's Memorial - Wikipedia

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    [129] [130] Release of the stamp on-site at the Women in Military Service for America Memorial on October 17 was marred after the National Park Service, citing rules against vending on park service property, barred sales of the stamps. Memorial organizers quickly obtained two vans, parked them in a nearby government parking lot, and sold the ...

  4. Stonewall Jackson (20th century general) - Wikipedia

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    Stonewall Jackson (March 4, 1891 – October 13, 1943) was an American major general during World War II. He died while on active duty commanding the 84th Infantry Division near Camp Howze, Texas . Although it is believed that he was named after Confederate Lieutenant General Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson , it is not believed he is ...

  5. Stonewall Jackson - Wikipedia

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    Julia was the daughter of Stonewall Jackson and his bride Mary Anna Morrison. The younger Christian was a colonel in command of the 361st Fighter Group flying P-51 Mustangs in the European Theater of Operations in World War II when he was killed in action in August 1944; his personal aircraft, Lou IV, was one of the most photographed P-51s in ...

  6. Johnnie Phelps - Wikipedia

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    Johnnie Phelps joined the Women's Army Corps in 1943 during World War II. She was honorably discharged in 1945 and reenlisted in 1946. She was honorably discharged in 1945 and reenlisted in 1946. Phelps claimed that in her post-World War II service she was assigned to head the motor pool for General Eisenhower in Germany.

  7. Timeline of women in warfare in the United States from 1950 ...

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    1950-1953: : Women who were in the Reserves were recalled to active duty. More than 500 Army nurses served in various areas and theaters of the war. [1] [2] Captain Lillian Kinkella Keil, USAF, who had already made 250 evacuation flights (23 of which were transatlantic) during World War II, made 175 evacuation flights during the Korean War. As ...

  8. American women in World War II - Wikipedia

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    Rosie the Riveter (Westinghouse poster, 1942). The image became iconic in the 1980s. American women in World War II became involved in many tasks they rarely had before; as the war involved global conflict on an unprecedented scale, the absolute urgency of mobilizing the entire population made the expansion of the role of women inevitable.

  9. James A. Walker - Wikipedia

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    Walker died in Wytheville, Virginia on October 21, 1901; and was buried in the town's East End Cemetery. He was the great-grandfather of M. Caldwell Butler . Walker was the first of two Virginia Military Institute graduates to serve as Lieutenant Governor of Virginia; the second is Ralph Northam , Class of 1981, who went on to serve as the 73rd ...