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The Untold Story with Martha MacCallum

An Untold Story Classic: Pat Rudd Reflects On Her Decades Of Service

The Untold Story with Martha MacCallum

FOX News Podcasts

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4.1738 Ratings

🗓️ 5 July 2024

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

As Americans across the country let freedom ring this 4th of July weekend, it's important to remember those who have fought to ensure that independence is never taken away from us. That's why Martha is taking today to revisit her conversation with World War II Veteran Pat Rudd, as she reflects on her years of service during the war, and explains how she became one of the first women deployed overseas after the passing of the WAVES Act in 1942.   Follow Martha on X: @MarthaMacCallum Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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We celebrate the United States as the home of the brave thanks to Americans like Pat Rudd. At 101 years old, she is a remarkable member of our greatest generation. During World War II, she missed her deployed brother so much that she wanted to follow him

1:00.0

into the service when she was told that she could not do that.

1:04.0

Her response was, oh, yes, I can.

1:07.0

She went on to make history, becoming one of the first women deployed overseas during the war through the volunteer program.

1:15.5

She served in Hawaii after Pearl Harbor, teaching sailors reading and writing and working at the hospital there.

1:21.7

And decades later, she still helps our soldiers doing needlework for patients at VA hospitals. We are honored now to be

1:30.2

joined by Pat Rudd. Hi Pat. Thank you so much for being with us today. It's great to talk to you.

1:37.6

Thank you. So Pat, I want to put that picture back up because it's just darling of you as a teenager wanting to get involved

1:46.7

in what was going on in World War II. Tell me a little bit about how you pursued this drive

1:54.8

of yours to be part of the effort to win World War II. Well, when I was in boot camp at Hunter College, I left there and was signed to my service

2:08.6

in D.C. And while I was there, I would go out on my day of off and go to visit everything that I could.

2:18.3

And one day I was in the Senate and I happened to be there the day they passed the bill for us to go overseas.

2:28.3

And I was so excited. I went back straight to quarters and signed up for volunteering to go.

2:36.9

And I was chosen of one of them to be in the first 200 to go.

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And so that was a thrill to begin with.

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