The navy and tracy crowe, a former marine have put together an illuminating anthology of womens writings about their experiences in war titled its my country too womens military stories from the American Revolution to afghanistan its all documenting the courage, resourcefulness and resilience with which women have served in the armed forces. Women have been struggling to fight alongside men since the beginning of our country, really. Back during the revolutionary period women would sometimes follow their husbands into war out of necessity. Many could be found in military camps working as long crisis, cook said nurses. In the civil war, some functioned as spies and several hundred women disguised as men served as folders in either the union or confederate side. In world war i, women were allowed to join the military in limited roles and those roles expanded some during world war ii. Although, they still did not include combat duty. Not until 1976, where the first women admitted to the m
The navy and tracy crowe, a former marine have put together an illuminating anthology of womens writings about their experiences in war titled its my country too womens military stories from the American Revolution to afghanistan its all documenting the courage, resourcefulness and resilience with which women have served in the armed forces. Women have been struggling to fight alongside men since the beginning of our country, really. Back during the revolutionary period women would sometimes follow their husbands into war out of necessity. Many could be found in military camps working as long crisis, cook said nurses. In the civil war, some functioned as spies and several hundred women disguised as men served as folders in either the union or confederate side. In world war i, women were allowed to join the military in limited roles and those roles expanded some during world war ii. Although, they still did not include combat duty. Not until 1976, where the first women admitted to the m
Put into an ambulance. Nbc 10 news starts now. We start with a Holiday Weekend to remember. Tonight snow birds hit the slopes at Camel Back Mountain and didnt have to bundle up. We set a record today but temperatures are expected to drop tomorrow. Just in time for the warm weather weekend. People waited in line to get their hands on their favorite flavor of water ice and custard. Check out this sunset down in cape may. Beautiful, right . Earlier the beach in ocean city looked more like a september day. What is on tap for the holiday tomorrow . Lets get the most accurate forecast with erica. Temperatures above normal. We are going to go a couple of hours out. By 6 00 a. M. Temperatures dip into the 40s and staying in the 40s pretty much all day with lots of sunshine. Same deal for the pa suburbs. Lower 40s at 6 00 a. M. Mid 40s by 10 00 a. M. Upper 30s by 6 00 a. M. We will have plenty of sunshine by 10 00 a. M. Sunny skies, high and dry for now. New jersey same deal. 40s at 6 00 a. M.
Tractortrailer carrying produce. You can see it in mount laurel, new jersey, the same spot we had an overturned tractortrailer on friday. Its northbound on the turnpike, traffic is getting by, one lane at times, the shoulder right there, only one lane squeezes by the action cam shot. John rawlins is live on the scene following every movie, unloading the produce and putting it on a flat bed tow truck. Look at all the people we have dealing with this, this happened at 3 30 a. M. Blocking all but one lane on the new jersey turnpike northbound past route 73 past exit 4. As you zoom in, you can see the delay on the turnpike northbound. Instead of staying on the turnpike stay on 295 as it runs parallel northbound past 73. Heres a live look at 295. You saw it is moving nicely. We have an accident 295 southbound in a different area, west deptford approaching route 130, slowing in the scene as you can see by the area of yellow right there. We have reports of allentown road being shut down betwe
Clouds, satellite shows you the mix. More sunny breaks to the eventul get thicker. You can see that back toward ohio. In fact the phillies open up their season in the queen city. But they may have showers to deal with. We have showers and thunderstorms to the west of us, it is that system thats inching toward us that will bring steady rain to parts of the region tonight. Its hunter don county a flood watch. 45 degrees and allentown. Weve dipped in the upper 30s in trenton and reading and mid 30s millville. Coat weather this mni 3 00 p. M. , 65. A decent highh same time you can see the clouds gettin ting, well be on the lok out for the first of our showers. Karen, ill track the rain coming in tonight and tomorrow, on future tracker 6 justeportery right now, looking good on the schuylkill expressway. The schuylkill expressway Near University avenue, fine rightrt. Andhey will be blocking the left lane to do the tree trimmg. At 7 00 a. M. Until 3 00 p. M. Watch for the ramp to the schuyl e