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Rosetta Burke

. . Rosetta Burke After 220 years, the New York Army National Guard promoted its first female general—Pittsburgh native Rosetta Y. Burke.  But Rosetta didn’t start her military career in 1962 as a soldier.  After training at the Harlem School of Nursing (in New York City), she entered the Army

Karen Bogdan

. . Karen Bogdan Karen Bogdan of Tarentum, Pennsylvania joined the Pennsylvania Air National Guard more than 25 years ago to help pay for college. Around the time of the first Gulf War, she amusingly recalls, it was the only branch of service her mother approved of, mostly because of

Eleanor Berge

. . Eleanor Berge missing image Eleanor Berge served with the US Navy during WWII. missing video missing

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