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The Untold Story with Martha MacCallum

World War II Veteran 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 2023

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

World War II Veteran Pat Rudd joins Martha, to reflect on her service during the war, and discusses how she became one of the first women deployed overseas after the passing of the WAVES act in 1942.   Pat discusses her time teaching soldiers to read and write while stationed at Pearl Harbor, how she met her husband in the service, and talks about her continued service to America's veterans.    (insert link)   Follow Martha on Twitter: @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.

0:54.6

During World War II, she missed her deployed brother so much that she wanted to follow him

1:00.6

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

1:04.2

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

1:46.1

involved in what was going on in World War II tell me a little bit about how

1:51.4

you pursued this drive of yours to to be part of the effort to win World War II

1:58.8

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.

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