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Rosie the Riveter Dies...

Smitty500magSmitty500mag Member Posts: 13,623 ✭✭✭✭
edited March 2020 in General Discussion

'Rosalind P. Walter, 95, First ‘Rosie the Riveter’ Dies.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/04/us/rosalind-p-walter-dead.html

A wealthy young lady that could have just sit the war out in comfort but she went to work driving rivets into the metal bodies of Corsair fighter planes at a plant in Connecticut on the night shift.

May she RIP. 
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  • 4205raymond4205raymond Member Posts: 3,430 ✭✭✭✭
    Seems to fit right in with FCD's dad and the Spitfire stats. Rest in Peace Rosie
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  • Ditch-RunnerDitch-Runner Member Posts: 25,377 ✭✭✭✭
     quit the lady 
    RIP Rosie 
    and a thank you to all  the  ladies who did so much for the war effort  . 
     no way it would happen today  :'(
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  • He DogHe Dog Member Posts: 51,593 ✭✭✭✭
    I bet you would be surprised Ditch-Runner. ;)
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  • SCOUT5SCOUT5 Member Posts: 16,181 ✭✭✭✭
    He Dog said:
    I bet you would be surprised Ditch-Runner. ;)
    My thoughts too.   While those making noise get the attention most Americans are quite, productive, dependable members of our society and good citizens of the USA.   That includes the young adults and teens.   If hands on deck are called for, Americans will show up.
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  • Horse Plains DrifterHorse Plains Drifter Forums Admins, Member, Moderator Posts: 40,236 ***** Forums Admin
    SCOUT5 said:
    He Dog said:
    I bet you would be surprised Ditch-Runner. ;)
    My thoughts too.   While those making noise get the attention most Americans are quite, productive, dependable members of our society and good citizens of the USA.   That includes the young adults and teens.   If hands on deck are called for, Americans will show up.
    Yep, I agree too. When the chips are down, America will be pleasantly surprised.


    RIP Rosie..... My mother was a "Rosie". 
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  • Horse Plains DrifterHorse Plains Drifter Forums Admins, Member, Moderator Posts: 40,236 ***** Forums Admin
    forgemonkey said:
    Horse Plains Drifter said:
    SCOUT5 said:
    He Dog said:
    I bet you would be surprised Ditch-Runner. ;)
    My thoughts too.   While those making noise get the attention most Americans are quite, productive, dependable members of our society and good citizens of the USA.   That includes the young adults and teens.   If hands on deck are called for, Americans will show up.
    Yep, I agree too. When the chips are down, America will be pleasantly surprised.


    RIP Rosie..... My mother was a "Rosie". 
    “,,,,,My mother was a ‘Rosie’,,,,,,”
    And a proud son I’m sure !!
    You're darn right! My mother at the age of 20, drove a 1937 Studebaker with bald tires from Minnesota to Seattle, by herself, and went to work in a torpedo factory in Keyport, Washington.
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  • select-fireselect-fire Member Posts: 69,531 ✭✭✭✭
    edited March 2020
    A lot of those folks supporting the American effort actually died from industrial accidents.  Always overlooked the folks who made the items of war .  Still continues today..
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