COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — Over two million women have served our country and now live as veterans, with more soon to join the ranks. But it seems that their contributions are being overlooked.
“When we go out on Veterans Day and we wear our hats and we wear our shirts and we’re sitting there getting a free meal, we get looked past,” said Army veteran Latisha Spikes. “They don’t say, ‘Hey, thank you, sister.’ They don’t look at the hat, they don’t look at the shirt. You know, we get, ‘Oh, your husband served or your boyfriend served.”
With the Women’s Armed Services Integration Act of 1948, women have been able to join all branches of the U.S. Armed Forces. But being the minority poses unique mental challenges…