Comments on: Women in Military Service

By: Chris Overstreet

Chris Overstreet — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 19:56:59 +0000

I had the pleasure of breaking up that four-block of stamps yesterday. I used one of the stamps for postage, on a postcard to a young lady serving aboard the Destroyer USS Paul Hamilton.

By: redlan

redlan — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 10:34:55 +0000

I’ve ever see*

By: redlan

redlan — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 10:33:47 +0000

One of the beautiful stamps I’ve ever so. So perfect!

By: Sheila

Sheila — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 21:29:52 +0000

A very interesting post. I think stamp postcards are very attractive but I never seem to see any. I really like the sound of Grace Hopper!

By: dmarks

dmarks — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:40:00 +0000

Glad that it included the Coast Goard, which is often the “forgotten service”, and left out of such depictions and lists.

By: fortuitous faery

fortuitous faery — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:25:44 +0000

gorgeous stamp…feeling nostalgic over stamps prior to the 44-cent ones we have now.

By: Marina Miranda

Marina Miranda — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:48:04 +0000

a beautiful tribute!
thanks for all information and so great postcard !
cool idea!
happy PFF
xx

By: Robin

Robin — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:37:53 +0000

Here Here!….God bless our women in uniform.

Have a most beautiful 4th of July weekend

By: Terry

Terry — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:51:11 +0000

Howdy
Happy Postcard Friendship Friday to you .
What a fantastic post today.
Not only are they fabulous stamps but a wonderful part of history too.
Thank you for sharing this important information today .
So many great contributions have been made it is good to be reminded of them .
Happy 4th of July to you .
Have a very happy weekend.
Happy Trails

By: Evelyn Yvonne Theriault

Evelyn Yvonne Theriault — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:33:03 +0000

Thank you so much for this post.
This week I’ve been reading W.L. White’s book “They Were Expendable” which recounts the WWII experiences of the American MTB Squadron 3 in the Philippines (MTB = Motor Torpedo Boats). the story is quite amazing and I was particularly moved to read about the actions of the nurses as war raged around them.
This is a nurse at work during a bombing raid:
“… all of a sudden the lights went out, but in half a minute the girls had produced flashlights. I remember Peggy standing there holding a flashlight on a guy’s naked back on the operating table while a doctor probed for some shrapnel in his kidney. You could see her face and those steady blue-green eyes of hers by the light reflected back up from this guy’s back, and just then there was a terrific crunching bang – a bomb had landed right outside the tunnel entrance-and with it a sudden blast of air through the tunnel. It wasn’t nice, and yet I don’t think Peggy’s hand even wobbled.”
I find it particularly inspiring because apparently the base is about to be over-run by the enemy and it’s hard to imagine working in the face of such fear.
Evelyn in Montreal

By: postcardy

postcardy — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:47:17 +0000

It’s interesting the way they tried to represent a variety of ethnic groups on the 32¢ stamp.

By: debby

debby — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:42:05 +0000

WOW!! This is a great post. Love the postcard, so beautiful. Happy 4th of July and PFF!
Debby

By: Bob of Holland

Bob of Holland — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:49:35 +0000

Fascinating post. Nice idea to make a postcard of a stamp and to repeat a good stamp idea. Women in the Dutch army is a non-subject apparently. There was never a stamp for those women, but there are no stamps for the men too. Dtange. Why not, you made me wonder. Greetings from Amsterdam.