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By Vivian Blevins - Contributing columnist Editor’s note: This is the second of a two-part column. Part one was published the previous day. Yes, women serve and have served in the U.S. military. Afterwards, some devote large parts of their lives serving those who have also served. Judy Johnson of Sidney, Ohio, served in the U.S. Army after graduating from high school in 1970 and currently serves on the Executive Board of American Legion Post 217, on the Shelby County Veterans Commission, Sidney Veterans Honor Guard, and as a volunteer for Miami County Hospice for Veterans. … In her role as LPN, Johnson had to wash and clean her patient’s body, fill out tags for her wrist and toe, fold her arms across her body, wrap her body in a sheet, and transport her to the morgue on the bottom shelf of a special cart that had a black drape across the top with the drape hanging down over the sides and the front and back.
By Vivian Blevins - Contributing columnist Editor’s note: This is the first of a two-part column. Look for the second part to be published the following day. Yes, women serve and have served in the U.S. military. Afterwards, some devote large parts of their lives serving those who have also served. Judy Johnson of Sidney, Ohio, served in the U.S. Army after graduating from high school in 1970 and currently serves on the Executive Board of American Legion Post 217, on the Shelby County Veterans Commission, Sidney Veterans Honor Guard, and as a volunteer for Miami County Hospice for Veterans.
Still serving 50 years later Master Sgt. Judy Johnson as a drill instructor. Provided photo Yes, women serve and have served in the U.S. military. Afterwards, some devote large parts of their lives serving those who have also served. Judy Johnson of Sidney, Ohio, served in the U.S. Army after graduating from high school in 1970 and currently serves on the Executive Board of American Legion Post 217, on the Shelby County Veterans Commission, Sidney Veterans Honor Guard, and as a volunteer for Miami County Hospice for Veterans. As a young girl, Johnson says, “I spent a lot of time at the VFW in Piqua, helping with the canteen, assisting with Bingo, and overhearing stories told by veterans to other veterans who had gathered there. Her father, William F. Higgins, was one of them and had served in England in World War II in the U.S. Army as a supply sergeant. Also, he had been a commander of that post in Piqua.