Beyond Dancing: A Veteran's Struggle--A Women's Triumph

With a sense of adventure, a call to service, and a touch of defiance, twenty-one-year-old Anita Bloom enlisted in the army. It was 1943. She shipped off to camp and immediately became fast friends with several other new soldiers. Together, they memorized army regulations and learned how to march. Anita didn’t even notice the bite-sized cut on her thumb. Yet as the cut became infected and the pain became unbearable, Anita was sent to a civilian hospital. Losing sensation in her legs. Her do...