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Memorial Day 2014: What do you know about US women in war? A quiz.

A year after the Pentagon lifted the ban on women in combat, US women are still fighting to prove they can serve alongside their male counterparts.

Since the days of the Revolutionary War, however, American women have voluntarily put their lives on the line for their country as they navigated battlefields to tend to wounded soldiers, penetrated enemy lines to gather intelligence, and disguised their identities to fight alongside men.

So, how much do you know about women’s contributions to US war efforts? Test your knowledge with this quiz.

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(Read caption) War production workers at the Heil Company making gasoline trailer tanks in Milwaukee, Wis. for the US Army Air Corps. Enola O'Connell, age thirty-two, widow and mother of one child, welding part of a trailer.





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According to legend, upon seeing her husband collapse at his cannon, Molly Pitcher dropped her pitcher of water and took his place for the remainder of the Battle of Monmouth, in Freehold, N.J.


  In what year did West Pointe enrolled the first class of female cadets?

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4. Mary Edwards Walker was the first and only woman to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor. Which president signed the bill granting her the award?




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5. Lt. Cmdr. Darlene Iskra was the first female naval officer to command a ship at sea. What was the name of her ship?


7. When did Congress pass the Women’s Armed Services Integration Act granting women the right to serve as permanent members of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force?


20. Which 1930s Hollywood starlet invented a method of radio “frequency hopping” that prevented enemy spies from intercepting tactical messages?






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