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Jessica Dawn Lynch (born April 26, 1983) is an American teacher, actress, and former United States Army soldier who served in the 2003 invasion of Iraq as a private first class.
Mary and Molly were cousins who grew up together in the mountains of Southwest Virginia on a typical farm, small and rural. [1] The girls learned how to ride horses and hunt for food, and through working on the farm and helping provide for their family, became accustomed to the hard work and dedication that would be required of them in the military.
Female confederate soldier belonging to a Louisiana regiment, described by the British colonel Arthur Fremantle, who travelled through the confederacy for over 3 months in 1863 as a war tourist. He wrote; " A goodish-looking woman was pointed out to in my car as having served as a private soldier in the battles of Perryville and Murfreesboro .
Chelsea Elizabeth Manning [3] (born Bradley Edward Manning, December 17, 1987) is an American activist and whistleblower. [4] [5] [6] She is a former United States Army soldier who was convicted by court-martial in July 2013 of violations of the Espionage Act and other offenses, after disclosing to WikiLeaks nearly 750,000 classified, or unclassified but sensitive, military and diplomatic ...
Col. Jeannie Leavitt (maiden name Flynn) became the first American female F-15E pilot, and went on to become the first female pilot to graduate from the U.S. Air Force Weapons School. [75] Chana Timoner became the first female rabbi to hold an active duty assignment as a chaplain in the U.S. Army. [114] [115]
Frances Clayton in uniform. From the collection of the Minnesota Historical Society.. Frances Louisa Clayton (c. 1830 – after 1863), also recorded as Frances Clalin, was an American woman who purportedly disguised herself as a man to fight for the Union Army in the American Civil War, though many historians now believe her story was likely fabricated.
The four Israeli soldiers released on Saturday were captured on 7 October 2023, when Hamas militants stormed southern Israel, taking around 250 hostages and killing more than 1,200 people.
Ortiz Clayton was born on May 21, 1991, in Augusta, Georgia to Ellis Ortiz and Evelyn Suarez. She graduated in 2009 from Westside High School in Augusta. [4] Ortiz Clayton, who was of Puerto Rican descent, was married to Specialist Chase E. Clayton, member of Charlie Company 1-30 IN 2 ABCT, 3rd Infantry in Fort Stewart, Georgia.