Posted on Feb 26, 2017
Queen Elizabeth Was A Badass Truck Driver And Mechanic During World War II
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"In England during World War II, most men were off fighting and many non-combative important jobs pertaining to the war effort were neglected. To fill those positions the British Army recruited women, who then formed the Auxiliary Territorial Service in September 1938. As the war raged on, the size of ATS grew. The women worked as drivers, bakers, postal workers, ammunition inspectors, and mechanics, among many other duties."
@SN Greg Wright @SP5 Mark Kuzinski COL Mikel J. Burroughs SFC William Farrell PVT James Strait GySgt Melissa Gravila MSgt George Cater SFC George Smith Maj Marty Hogan Capt Jeff S. Capt Seid Waddell PO3 Donald Murphy CPL Crystal Pettway, MBA Sgt Kelli Mays CPT Gabe Snell SSgt GG-15 RET Jim Lint Cpl Mark A. Morris CSM Charles Hayden LTC Trent Klug ] Maj Kevin "Mac" McLaughlin
"In England during World War II, most men were off fighting and many non-combative important jobs pertaining to the war effort were neglected. To fill those positions the British Army recruited women, who then formed the Auxiliary Territorial Service in September 1938. As the war raged on, the size of ATS grew. The women worked as drivers, bakers, postal workers, ammunition inspectors, and mechanics, among many other duties."
@SN Greg Wright @SP5 Mark Kuzinski COL Mikel J. Burroughs SFC William Farrell PVT James Strait GySgt Melissa Gravila MSgt George Cater SFC George Smith Maj Marty Hogan Capt Jeff S. Capt Seid Waddell PO3 Donald Murphy CPL Crystal Pettway, MBA Sgt Kelli Mays CPT Gabe Snell SSgt GG-15 RET Jim Lint Cpl Mark A. Morris CSM Charles Hayden LTC Trent Klug ] Maj Kevin "Mac" McLaughlin
Queen Elizabeth Was A Badass Truck Driver And Mechanic During World War II
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WWII World War Two
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The Queen (2006) Official Trailer - Helen Mirren Movie HD
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I thought it was funny watching the movie about the Queen when she had her axle break and she told her butler, I know my rear axle is shot, I was a mechanic during the war!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqL42sjb96I&list=PLKaCxZskl4_tJYuaMYJeIprACSHDZVSEN&index=2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqL42sjb96I&list=PLKaCxZskl4_tJYuaMYJeIprACSHDZVSEN&index=2
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GySgt Melissa Gravila
That is very cool- I love hearing about women doing things that are normally male dominated roles. It shouldn't matter if a person is male, female, black, white, pink, purple, polka dot, or pin striped- if they can do the job, then go for it!
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PO3 Donald Murphy
SFC (Join to see) - Its a strange movie. The writer took her whole life/career and narrowed it down to the weekend Lady Diana died. "Okay...we get it, you blame the Queen and hate her for it..."
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PO3 Donald Murphy - lol.. I'm going to have to put my kids to bed early and watch it now. You've peeked my interest.
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PO3 Donald Murphy
SFC (Join to see) - Its as if the star of the movie is Tony Blair and his royal-hating wife. Me personally? I'd have started the movie with a young teenage princess taking the last Empire Cruise in 1948 and then I'd have had her marriage, accession to the thrown followed by probably her crowning moment: dissolving the British Empire and forging Britain's path through the Cold War. But its obvious from the opening half hour that the writer absolutely can't stand the queen. This is made all the worse by the fact that Helen Mirren absolutely nails her role both in look and demeanor. She *IS* the queen.
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SFC (Join to see) great read and share, I never knew she drove trucks in World War II, most interesting!
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You have to give the British Royal family credit. During WW2, with invasion imminent, they were asked to go to Canada and they refused. They may be alot of things that folks may not like, but they weren't afraid to stay and get their hands dirty.
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PO3 Donald Murphy
They also stayed in London during the blitz and would tour the bombed sections of the city on foot. One of the add-on buildings at Buckingham Palace was hit by a bomb during a night raid.
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