[A CA Guy]

From every past American hostage/prisoner ever taken in war.

A while ago in the Gulf war there were two women taken and this was thought to be the first women not raped in a military hostage situation.
A year later they also said they were raped.

It's one of the main reasons people don't want women in areas of actual battle.
Nurses and Medics risk it anyway, but mechanics and fighting women give much unneeded exposure in the opinion of many.

[ansel12]

"A while ago in the Gulf war there were two women taken and this was thought to be the first women not raped in a military hostage situation."



I like military history and try to keep up on things, including this aspect of military history.

I was wondering what sources you are using for this knowledge of rape and POWs in military history.

I don't mean the two women in 1991, or the suspicious claims about private lynch.

[PLMerite]

"It's one of the main reasons people don't want women in areas of actual battle."

In battle or semi-civilized areas that end in "-stan."

[El Gato]

Nurses and Medics risk it anyway, but mechanics and fighting women give much unneeded exposure in the opinion of many.

Now if we could just get enough "He Men" to volunteer to take those the positions of the those female mechanics, truck drivers, etc. IIRC, she is a personnel officer, which was one of the first career fields open to women officers other than nursing/medical, well that and intelligence officer.

I used to hang out with a bunch of intell types, (meaning I was attached to their unit), and the story one told of a women targeteer (a subset of intell field) whose husband was killed in the SE Asian War Games of the '60s and early '70s, would curl your hair. "Vengeance is mine saith the Lord", but I think He worked through that "lady".