Great post, @snook, and I'm grateful to have gotten to know just a little about this interesting and remarkable woman. I'm so glad you got to know her, and even more so, had the good sense to appreciate her.
I have a number of interesting sorts in my family, male and female, and like you, I heard a lot about their exploits during WWII, and much more besides.
If nothing else, it keeps me humble, just knowing what they had to endure in their lives, not to mention how they rose above it, and did what was most needed in the moment.
Like many, I come from a family that was highly dysfunctional, but oddly, highly functional at the same time.
No matter their failings or circumstances, they did what they had to do, and didn't waste time or energy complaining about their lot in life.
I think we could use more of that attitude these days.
;-)
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so freaking true!!! in so many ways. so many.
I love how you see what I say and make it sound better LOLL
Hope all is well in your world HUGS