1 min read

Season 5, Episode 35

Military women celebrated in March’s edition of Legion magazine

Picture of awfblog awfblog February 16, 2024

America's Work Force Union Podcast AWF American Legion

AWF-Blogo-Logos-Template-400x400_americanlegionNEW

 

Guest Name:

Jeff Stoffer

Guest Website:

legion.org 

Guest Social Media:

Facebook

Twitter

YouTube

LinkedIn

Supportive Documents:

In preparation for Women’s History Month, which takes place in next month, Jeff Stoffer, Director of Media and Communications for the American Legion, joined the America’s Work Force Union Podcast to discuss the March edition of the Legion Magazine.

Stoffer highlighted an article entitled Gallantry in Action, which tells the story of women who earned the Silver Star. It is the third-highest medal for valor in combat, and was first awarded in 1918. The Silver Star is only bestowed to one in every 50 service members. The article begins by explaining why Sergeant Leigh Ann Hester received the Silver Star in 2005. Stoffer noted this is rare, as at the time, female soldiers were not supposed to serve on combat missions, which was not authorized until 2015.

The story continues by discussing the Angels of Anzio, the nurses who saved hundreds of lives on the frontlines during World War II, despite their status as medical personnel. For months, the nurses helped protect soldiers throughout the Battle of Anzio. Stoffer said Ellen Ainsworth, one of the Angels of Anzio, earned her Silver Star posthumously after dying on the battlefield.

Finally, he talked about the 30th anniversary of the dedication of the Vietnam Women’s Memorial, the first and only memorial to military women in the National Mall. The article focuses on the origins and controversy surrounding the establishment of the memorial. It took 10 years for the memorial to be created and dedicated. Today, it stands in honor of military women's fight for equality in the service.

Listen to the show above to hear more about next month’s Legion Magazine.

America’s Work Force is the only daily labor podcast in the US and has been on the air since 1993, supplying listeners with useful, relevant input into their daily lives through fact-finding features, in-depth interviews, informative news segments and practical consumer reports. America’s Work Force is committed to providing an accessible venue in which America's workers and their families can hear discussion on important, relevant topics such as employment, healthcare, legislative action, labor-management relations, corporate practices, finances, local and national politics, consumer reports and labor issues.

America’s Work Force Union Podcast is brought to you in part by our sponsors: AFL-CIO, American Federation of Government Employees, American Federation of Musicians Local 4, American Alliance for Manufacturing, Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield, Columbus/Central Ohio Building and Construction Trades Council, Communication Workers of America, International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators and Allied Workers, International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators and Allied Workers Local 50, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers, International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Crafts, International Union of Painters and Allied Trades District Council 6, Ironworkers Great Lakes District Council, The Labor Citizen newspaper, Laborers International Union of The National Labor Office of Blue Cross and Blue Shield, North America, North Coast Area Labor Federation, Ohio Federation of Teachers, Survey and Ballot Systems, United Labor Agency, United Steelworkers.

SUBSCRIBE ON:

Group 342

Group 341

Group 343

Group 339

Group 397

Group 397