The #SanDiego papers reported that mom joined the Coast Guard "Reserve." In fact, she was full-time uniformed military. ALL women who enlisted at the start of WWII were classified as "auxiliary reservists"—even those sent overseas, a slight later corrected by an Act of Congress. 
Because my mom was only "reserve," the military was going to deny her a color guard and bury her only as a 'military spouse." My mother would have been furious — so I raised hell. sandiegouniontribune.com/obituaries/sd-…
The military checked the record and apologized to me. As a result, she received a full color guard for full-time service (so we had both the Army AND Coast Guard presentations, Army for my dad). sandiegouniontribune.com/obituaries/sd-…
My mother was a super-patriot — and as a veteran, despised draft-dodger Dubya and chicken-hawk #Trump with his bone spur. And as a veteran, she thought her highest duty was to stop the wars in #Vietnam and #Iraq — which, as she saw it, disgraced our flag. gregpalast.com/gladys-palast-…
In lieu of flowers, mom requested donations to the Palast Fund to support our fellowships: palastinvestigativefund.org/?gil-and-glady…
However, if you live in the #SanDiego area, please send your donations to her organization and its radio station, @Knsj_Radio: knsj.org/donate/
However, if you live in the #SanDiego area, please send your donations to her organization and its radio station, @Knsj_Radio: knsj.org/donate/
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