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101-year-old WWII veteran was one of the first females to deploy overseas: 'Was a thrill'
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World War II veteran Pat Rudd detailed her story of service and sacrifice and how she made history becoming one of the first one to be deployed overseas.
She ultimately joined Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (WAVES), which was the legislation that paved the way for her to become one of the first females to deploy. Bailee Hill is an associate editor with Fox News Digital. Story ideas can be sent to bailee.hill@fox.com
"I was in the Senate and I happened to be there the day they passed the bill for us to go overseas, and I was so excited that I went back straight to quarters and signed up for volunteering to go," Rudd said Tuesday. "And I was chosen for of one of them to be in the first 200 to go, and so that was a thrill to begin with."