Women in Combat

Women In Combat Since the formation of the Women's Army Corps in 1942, women have held an ever-increasing role in the military. Although primarily assigned to administrative tasks at home, they also served as nurses on hospital transport aircraft carrying wounded soldiers back from the front and in field hospitals set near the front. In recognition of the service of women in the military in WWII, congress passed the Women's Armed Services Integration Act of 1948. This …

…to commander General Norman Schwarzkopf, American women had performed "magnificently."(Wekesser 67) What is there left to debate? Women have shown that they can handle the rigors of combat; the public has shown that they are willing to accept women casualties, and even top military commanders have admitted that women can get the job done. With these considerations and more, why not repeal the exclusions and allow women to become full members of America's Fighting Force.