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The Women Who Left No Man Behind

Pantsuit Politics

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The Military Wives of the Vietnam War

Military wives were told by the government not to tell anyone about their husbands. They started giving media interviews and knocking on doors of Congress. Their efforts got traction when Nixon became president in 1968. The POW MIA flag now flies above every post office, every federal building; more than 5 million bracelets sold during the war.

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