Word: servicewoman
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...often the best deal they can get in a tight job market. A high school graduate who enlists as an Army private can get a salary of $326.10 a month, on-the-job training, free room and board and security. Re-enlistment rates are very high, partly because every servicewoman earns the same pay as a male of the same rank-an equality rare in the civilian world...
...their wives. "There's a lot of catching up to do," one airman notes. When two soldiers in fatigues finally enter the room to announce that military buses are ready to take them to their planes, the troops line up quietly. A few complain softly as a lone servicewoman is invited to move up to the head of the line. Walking out, another airman offers a cynical farewell: "Well, this is our last hour in the great Republic of Viet...