Female veterans salute their sisters-in-arms

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A member of the Pikes Peak Young Marines prepares to assit in the presentation of colors Jan. 25 at the Disabled American Veterans Auxilitary Unit 26's annual "Americanism" program. This year's recognized women veterans of all eras.

Female veterans salute their sisters-in-arms
By Erin Prater Published: February 2, 2014 | 12:00 am

Patriots of all ages gathered at Disabled American Veterans Chapter 26 last month for a program saluting U.S. women who have served their country at home and abroad.

The Air Force Academy's Stellar Brass band played the national anthem, and the Pikes Peak Young Marines presented the colors in front of a packed house Jan. 25 at the chapter's headquarters in northeastern Colorado Springs.

Afterward, female veterans swapped war stories and tipped their hats to their historical sisters in arms - those who volunteered as seamstresses and nurses during the Revolutionary War up to modern female troops.

Cindy Anderson, first vice president of the Women's Army Corps, Pikes Peak Chapter, spoke about the period before the Women's Army Corps was formed.

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My mom was a (WWII) WAVE stationed in DC; my dad was an enlisted Naval aviator.