"But surely this campaign of horror will turn on its creator and smash him also. Surely this wave of barbarism will weaken the ranks of Fascism and restore the faculty of healthy criticism to the mobs blinded with enthusiasm-- We should aid the…

"Moral courage is the highest expression of humanity. Our commitment to defend did not end when we took off the uniform. #MarchOn Veterans!"~Tee Marie Hanible, Twitter, July 16, 2017 Gunnery Sergeant Tawanda "Tee" Marie Hanible retired from the…

“I was not naive regarding segregation and discrimination but going into a completely segregated situation was constantly a shock to me.I think I stayed angry most of my army career, even though the whole experience was interesting, maddening,…

"Oh, I had to go. I thought, it'll be a change. I'll get to travel. I was so happy that I did join, that I got a good job."~Carmen Contreras Bozak, VOCES Oral History Project, 2002 Born on New Years Eve 1919, in Cayey, Puerto Rico, near San Juan,…

“I had just given this poor boy anesthesia when a bomb hit. We were supposed to hit the floor, but he was out and didn’t know what was going on. I took a tray and put it over our heads. It wasn’t because I was brave. I was just scared.”~Sophie Gran,…

“This was my quiet war.” ~Josefina Guerrero in the Congressional Record Proceedings of the 82nd Congress Second Session Appendix Volume 98 Part 10, April 28, 1952 - June 16, 1952 Botn in Lucban, Quezon province, in the Philippines in 1917, Josefine…

"She had an almost complete disregard of precedent, and a faith in the possibility of something better. It irritated her to be told how things have always been done. Having once defined the tyranny of precedent, she held true to her declaration of…

"I love ugly aircraft, machines that look like they shouldn't even be able to fly. The more brutal the better. I love the head-banging heavy metal of it. And that's why I'm a helicopter pilot. Can you imagine? My nation trusted in me and entrusted me…

“I showed people what I could do.”~Mitsuye Endo, Interview, 1976 Born in Sacramento, California, Mitsuye Endo was the second of four children of immigrants from Japan. After graduating from high school, she became a secretery with the California…

“Mom, we're deploying tomorrow.”~Lori Piestewa, call to her mother from Fort Bliss, February 16, 2003 Born in Tuba City, Arizona, in 1980, Lori Piestewa was the daughter of a Hopi Native American father and a Mexican-American mother. Her family had a…