DUTY, HONOR, COUNTRY

We WAVEs who were single and unencumbered by family enlisted not because we were homosexual but because we were patriotic and young and our fellows were overseas. The original proscription against married servicewomen were based on the reluctance of Congress to double the pay and/or dependency allowances of such service families.

MURIEL M. SHISHKOFF

LIEUTENANT, USN (RETIRED)

Huntington Beach