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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...yells the platoon commander. The troops rush into an open field. Gunfire cracks in the air. The Marines capture the helicopter pad in ten minutes. While Duden helps guard the perimeter, the others disarm the P.O.W.s and search them for coded messages. "If we capture a female aggressor, we're not allowed to search her," Duden explains. "That's one concession they had to make...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: She Goes on Maneuvers | 10/30/1978 | See Source »

...Several Marine helicopters pick up the soldiers and fly them to a small field bordered by pines. Duden jumps over a small ridge, turns quickly, falls to her stomach and covers the open field with her M16. As the last copter leaves, she relaxes. "Good news!" someone yells. "We have 30 minutes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: She Goes on Maneuvers | 10/30/1978 | See Source »

133O: "We're moving out!" yells the platoon commander. Duden slaps on her helmet and shoulders her knapsack. The next objective, a bivouac site, is about 1,500 meters away. Firing breaks out. Duden crouches with the M-16 on her shoulder. The platoon wades through a stream 3 ft. deep. Darnell, barreling ahead, pushes past Duden. "Don't you ever shove me again!" she shouts after...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: She Goes on Maneuvers | 10/30/1978 | See Source »

153O: The battle is over. Duden drops her knapsack, takes off her helmet and wipes her brow. She starts digging a foxhole to make camp. "How you do really depends on what kind of woman you are," Duden says. "You have to be aggressive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: She Goes on Maneuvers | 10/30/1978 | See Source »

After three days on maneuvers, Duden drives to her home in Alexandria, Va., where she lives with her two stepdaughters and her husband, a former combat artist in Viet Nam who now paints full time. Duden's work pays off: she is the first woman to achieve "honor graduate" rating at the Marine's tactical training course. In January she and her family will be sent to Okinawa...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: She Goes on Maneuvers | 10/30/1978 | See Source »

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