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AMERICA’S FORGOTTEN WOMEN WARRIORS & MEMORIAL DAY 2022. Unlike the avalanche of news surrounding this year’s Memorial Day observance, this report plans to take a complete departure away from the mainstream news coverage by focusing on a long-lost historical saga of America’s forgotten women warriors. nurses died in WWI while in service to their country. By the end of the war, nearly 300 U. S. Red Cross nurses had lost their lives and never returned to their families, except in flag-draped coffins.

Many died and were bestowed special awards of recognition – sadly, many of these awards were given posthumously (after they had died).

SECOND WORLD WAR. Unknown to many, Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP), had 38 brave female warriors who served as U. S. Army Air Force pilots, die during the Second World War. Many of their aircraft were, shockingly, sabotaged by their acknowledged in recent years that U. S. women have already fought – and died – in combat posts in Iraq.

We’ve come a long way in being led by Women Warriors. In fact, in the early years, women were placed in high places of command.

ANCIENT CHINA: FU HAO (Died circa 1200 B.C.). She lived over 32 centuries ago and her name was Lady Fu Hao, and she was one of the 60 wives of Emperor Wu Ding, of ancient China’s Shang Dynasty.

own envious U. S. male pilot counterparts (purposely, causing their death).

Eventually, the Women Airforce Service Pilots program trained 1,100 civilian women with noncombat military flight duties. They were the first women to fly U. S. military aircraft!

U.S. PENTAGON SAYS WOMEN CAN NOW SERVE IN FRONT-LINE GROUND COMBAT POSITIONS. The formal process to open combat jobs to women began in January of 2013. U. S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter announced that: “Women in the U. S. military – including the Army and Marines – can now serve in combat posts.”

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According to a relatively-recent, and shocking discovery by modern archeologists, her tomb was located and excavated in Anyang, China in 1976 and can be visited by the public today.

Startling inscriptions on ancient oracle bones accurately record that Fu Hao led many military campaigns, commanded 13,000 soldiers, and was considered the most powerful military leader of her time!

A long military war within the Shang Dynasty persisted for generations before she was even born.

But when she appeared into the world and grew into adulthood, her military role as a commanding general ended the lengthy war that spanned generations before her.

Fu Hao’s cunning and innovative warfare tactics proved too overwhelming for the male generals who dared oppose her and she easily crushed them in combat.

According to the world’s foremost scholars today: “Fu Hao was a general in charge of several military campaigns and she conquered her enemies in a single decisive battle.

In another war against a different enemy (known as the BA), it is unique in that it is remembered for being the earliest recorded large-scale ‘ambush’ in Chinese history!”

Modern scholars and archeologists were stunned beyond belief when other tombs were discovered of great ancient female warriors who served as battlefield generals!

All in all, the total number of unearthed documentation and ancient records of female warriors revealed that at least 600 women participated in the military during this era.

ANCIENT GREECE: ARTEMISIA OF CARIA (circa 480 B.C.). Ancient Greek Queen of Halicarnassus (now modern Bodrum in Turkey) was an ally to the King of Persia. Artemisia fought during the second Persian invasion of Greece, personally commanding 5 ships at the Battle of Salamis.

As a maritime war strategist, she had no equal during her time.

Ancient Greek historian and geographer, Herodotus (circa 484 B.C - circa 425 B.C.) whom modern scholars refer to as the “Father of History,” writes of Artemisia’s cunning and innovative combat maneuvers on the high seas: “She was a decisive and intelligent, albeit, ruthless strategist.”

And according to Polyaenus (2nd century Greek author of “Stratagems of War,” and who described over one thousand different variations of war tactics and maneuvers), he was astounded at the lady warrior, Artemisia. dictably brilliant in her war strategies that her king (Xerxes the Great) praised her above all other officers in his fleet, and rewarded her for her inventive performances in sea battles.”

ANCIENT BRITAIN (BRITANNIA): BOUDICCA (DIED C. 60/61 A.D. Queen of the British Celtic Iceni tribe, Boudicca led an uprising against the forces of the Roman Empire in Britain after the Romans ignored her husband’s (Prasutagus) will.

This female warrior went up against Rome’s finest, war-seasoned warriors – and she vanquished them with her creative and inventive prowess in land attacks which she personally led into battle.

According to historians: “Boudicca led an army of Iceni tribesmen and Trinovantes and waged a devastating campaign on Roman Britain.

She completely destroyed three Roman towns (Camulodinum (now Colchester), Verulamium (St. Albans), Londinium (now London).”

She also commandeered her troops against the most ferocious and legendary Roman Legionnaires, out-foxing them, confusing them, and according to historians: “All-but annihilated one of the Roman legions in Britain, known as the famous Ninth Legion!”

The Roman armies only managed to defeat her by overwhelming numbers and massive assaults.

One of history’s greatest female warriors, Boudicca, was finally defeated by the Romans somewhere along Watling Street (now a historic route in England that crosses the River Thames in modern day London).

Valiant to the end, Boudicca – rather than being captured alive – committed suicide. She was truly, one of the greatest female warriors in history who had no equal during her time!

ANCIENT VIETNAM: TRIEU THI TRINH (CIRCA 222 – 248 A.C.) Commonly referred to as Lady Trieu, this female warrior of 3rd century Vietnam, temporarily freed her homeland from Chinese rule.

She normally fought while riding an elephant.

Today, for the Vietnamese, she remains as the most important historical figure of her time.

ANCIENT SYRIA (NOW PART OF THE MIDDLE-EAST): ZENOBIA (240 - 275 A.D). The Queen of Syria’s Palmyrene Empire from 267 A.D., Zenobia conquered Egypt from the Romans only 2 years into her reign.

Dubbed the ‘Warrior Queen,’ Zenobia was well educated for her day and multi-lingual.

She was known to behave “like a man,” riding, drinking, and hunting with her officers who served under her in battle.

Taxed Enough?

On May 13 Governor Newsom released his “May Revise,” which updates the proposed budget he released in January. The state’s $301 billion budget, larger than most countries, contained a big surprise -- our budget surplus has grown to $97.5 billion.

California has some of the highest taxes in the United States, as the surplus demonstrates. So are we about to have some big tax cuts? I've advocated to suspend the gas tax for a year, try to spend down some of the state’s unfunded liabilities, estimated in the billions, and give a refund back to hardworking Californians to help defray the cost of living.

Well, no, the Governor and the majority in Sacramento actually believe we aren’t taxed enough! Apparently the surplus is too low. Why else would they not prevent a scheduled gas tax increase? Almost every day we break a new record for having the most expensive gasoline in the United States, and on July 1st, the cost goes up even more, thanks to the Governor and his supporters in the Legislature.

In addition to unprecedented gas prices, Californians are suffering from high grocery prices, rising crime, unaffordable housing and utility costs, increases in homelessness and poverty, wildfires and drought. Public safety has been compromised; new laws have weakened our criminal justice system. We need more, not less money for law enforcement. Spending on wildfire prevention should be increased, not cut by almost $1 billion as the Governor plans. Despite the driest 1st quarter in history, the budget has no additional funding for new reservoirs or water storage facilities, and there are no long term plans to address future droughts.

The taxpayers’ money shouldn’t be squandered on political wish lists. Common sense solutions are readily available; current leadership simply lacks the will to tackle the critical issues facing our state.

Assemblymember Marie Waldron, R-Valley Center, represents the 75th Assembly District in the California Legislature, which includes the communities of Bonsall, Escondido, Fallbrook, Hidden Meadows, Pala, Palomar Mountain, Pauma Valley, Rainbow, San Marcos, Temecula, Valley Center and Vista.

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More Taxes Coming?

Last week, a group called, Let's Go San Diego submitted signatures with hopes of getting a half-cent sales tax on the November 2022 ballot. This would help fund SANDAG's $160 billion transit plan. The group that brought this forward is primarily made up by the unions, which have been promised all the jobs for SANDAG’s plan.

With inflation at record highs, this is not the time for more taxes. San Diegans are struggling to pay electricity bills, groceries, gas, and now SANDAG and the unions want to make it even more difficult to afford to live here.

As part of their plan, most San Diegans are looking at three halfcent sales taxes. Here are all the ways SANDAG plans to pay for their plan, with your money. • ½ cent sales tax – 2022 ballot, no expiration • ½ cent sales tax – 2028 ballot, no expiration • An MTS ½ cent sales tax (70% of the County) • Fee per mile driven 4.3 cents • 2 cents regional • 2.3 cents State • Creating a new fee for ridehailing (UBER or LYFT) $1.25 solo ride; $.65 carpool • 819 miles of new managed lanes (toll lanes)

This is on top of already paying a ½ cent sales tax which was approved in 2004 and runs through 2048.

Also, despite some media reports, SANDAG still plans on charging people for EVERY mile they drive in San Diego County. After the vote approving the $160 billion plan, SANDAG’s Board of Directors approved another vote asking SANDAG's staff to come back with an alternative funding source besides the per-mile tax. But, over five months after that vote, a new alternative has not been approved, instead, the mileage tax remains an adopted part of the plan.

I will keep you updated if the first tax qualifies for the November 2022 ballot. As I said earlier, this is not the time to hurt San Diegans by taxing them out of their car.

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ANCIENT ALBANIA & GREECE: OLYMPIAS (C. 375 - 316 B.C.) & ADEA EURYDICE (337 B.C. - 317 B.C.). Olympias was the mother of Alexander the Great, and she was also the leader of the most powerful tribe in Epirus (a region now divided between northwest Greece and southern Albania).

According to historians: “Following Alexander the Great’s death in 323, Olympias became a major player in the early Wars of the Successors in Macedonia.

In 317 B.C., she led an army into Macedonia and was confronted by another army led by another famous female warrior by the name of Adea Eurydice.

The clash was the first time in Greek history that two armies faced each other commanded by women. However, the battle ended before a sword blow was exchanged. As soon as the opposing army (led by Eurydice), saw Olympias (the mother of their beloved Alexander the Great) facing them, Eurydice’s army deserted to join their beloved Olympias.”

FRANCE: JOAN OF ARC (JEANNIE d’ARC) circa. 1412 – 1431). According to secular scholars: “Joan of Arc is one of the world’s most famous women warriors.”

She was a natural military leader and when she took up swords against the English to lead the French forces to victory, she cemented her place in the history books.

Unlike her predecessors already mentioned, Joan of Arc’s life is so wellknown through literature, TV documentaries, books, classrooms, and movies, that it would be redundant to reflect on her famous exploits which led to her capture and conviction by the English.

She was burned at the stake as a young girl for being a heretic, and also to remove her as a military threat.

Today, Joan of Arc is a Virgin Saint to the Roman Catholic Church when she was officially canonized on 16 May 1920.

Mark Twain openly regarded her as his greatest idol in all of human history: “The only person, of either sex, who has ever held supreme command of the military forces of a nation at the age of 17.”

She was the only historical figure who moved the mighty author, Mark Twain, to great emotion when discussing her exploits: “Whatever thing men call great, look for it in Joan of Arc, and there you will find it. It took six thousand years to produce her, her like will not be seen in the Earth again in fifty thousand. She is easily and by far the most extraordinary person the human race ever produced.” Air Force: 69,927 women. More than 21 out of 100 airman are women.

Army: 74,104 women. More than 15 out of every 100 soldiers are women.

Marine Corps: 16,275 women. About 9 out of every 100 marines are women.

Navy: 69,688 women. More than 20 out of every 100 sailors are women.

Sadly, most American civilians are unfamiliar with this composition.

(Source: U. S. Department of Defense Office for Diversity Fiscal Year 2021 Quarter.)

ON MEMORIAL DAY, MAY WE REMEMBER (BOTH) OUR MEN & WOMEN TOGETHER. Today, women are in actual combat. Thousands of women have been decorated for valour and courage beyond the call of duty.

What was once only a “band of brothers” has now truly become a “band of brothers and sisters.”

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Historically Speaking

by Tom Morrow

Brief Encounters With Some Notables

Over my 45-plus years I’ve encountered many celebrities. I’ve written stories from many of those interviews, however a great many garnered only a brief encounter and comment. Here’s some of the better ones.

Henny Youngman: I met this old Yiddish vaudevillian briefly after his standup routine at the San Diego Civic Theater. “What will happen to your one-liners when you’re gone? Are you afraid they’ll be lost?” I asked. “Not as long as (Milton) Berle’s alive,” he chuckled. When he died Youngman willed all of his collection of more than 6 million jokes to the Library of Congress.

Jack Carter: The last of the old-time stand-up comics, Carter came up to me at San Diego Airport asking for a dime to make a phone call. After his call, he grabbed my arm and told the PSA gate attendant I was his “caretaker” and I needed to accompany him for preboarding. The young woman had no idea Carter had been a regular on Ed Sullivan’s TV Variety Show dozens of times and was famous to those of us 40-plus year-olds. A classic performer.

Kay Starr: The 40s and 50s Grammy Award winning pop singer was here for our first Oceanside Music Festival. She started with Joe Vinuti’s big band when she was just 15. “I love to entertain people … the problem is most of my fans are no longer with us.” And, alas, she’s gone as well … died 2016 at age 94.

Frankie Laine: He was one of the founders of the Grammy Awards. Laine was in Oceanside with Kay Starr for the music festival. He performed on stage and contributed $1,000 toward the fundraiser. From a wheelchair, he answered questions from the audience and presented a video of his many hit songs. Ironically, Laine never received a Grammy for his many pop hits during the 40s and 50s. He died in 2007 at age 93.

Milton Borle: I interviewed Berle once and briefly chatted with “Mr. Television“ in 1979. Some 30 years later at a cigar dinner at Laguna Niguel’s Ritz Hotel, I reminded him of our earlier encounter. “Of course, I remember you … Now, what is your name?” It was a classic way of disarming a wordsmith interfering with his steak and cigar.

Jesse White: At that same dinner everyone was huddled around Berle while over in a corner stood character comic actor Jesse White, the famed TV washing machine spokesman, “The loneliest guy in town.” We chatted about his countless movies and TV appearances. He seldom was seen without a cigar … including the night he appeared in “Kiss Me Kate” at a Sacramento outdoor theater. He told me how much he appreciated our conversation that evening in Laguna Niguel. “Not too many folks recognize me without my Maytag uniform” he said with a chuckle.

Roger Williams: This fellow Iowan played a short piano concert about 10 years ago at Carlsbad’s Museum of Making Music. I asked him the obvious query: How many times over the years had he played his all-time favorite, “Autumn Leaves?” He replied, “I stopped counting at 25,000.”

Kay Ballard: I saw this long-time popular actress/singer/comedienne in a performance at Sabastian's Playhouse in San Clemente. Instead of talking about her many acting experiences, she told me what a great cook she was, learning the art from her Italian immigrant mother. “You have a standing invitation for spaghetti at my place in Palm Springs.” Unfortunately, I never took her up on the offer … and I love spaghetti.

Roy Rogers: I had interviewed the “King of the Cowboys” on two previous occasions, but when I went through his museum in Apple Valley in 1989, he was sitting in a hallway reading a newspaper that I was editor of at the time (1990). The museum contained nearly item he had ever possessed, including a stuffed Trigger, Pat Brady’s Jeep “Nelly Belle,” and the 1929 Dodge flatbed truck he drove for his trip from Ohio to California during the Great Depression. Why all the bowling balls, fly rods, and shotguns. “Pardner, when I came to California, I had nothing. So ya never know what the future holds. I just hate to get rid of anything I’ve worked for.”

I told Roy my father lived through those same hard times. He didn’t toss anything either, so I understood their philosophy.

Herb Jefferies: He was known in Hollywood during the1940s as the “Bronze Buckaroo” cowboy. Herb became a much-needed movie hero for black people, particularly in the “Jim Crow” South. During those days it was hard to find theatres that people of color could attend, especially Westerns movies. Herb, who was of light completion, became a silverscreen hero because all-black theatres ran them. He also had become famous during the ‘30s singing with the Duke Ellington Orchestra. His big hit was “Flamingo.”

He explained his complexion: “I had a great-grandmother who was an Ethiopian. I wear either skin quite nicely”

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This Hallowed Ground

The endless crosses touch the sky a bugle starts to blow. It’s here we feel the sacrifice of those who lie below.

They stormed the beaches in the dawn and died upon the sands. The battle for the world’s fate had rested in their hands.

They gave their lives so we may live in freedoms up above. This hallowed ground forevermore their testament of love.