Symbolic of the defense of Sevastopol, Crimea, is this Russian girl sniper, Lyudmila Pavlichenko, who, by the end of the war, had killed a confrimed 309 Germans — the most successful female sniper in history. (AP Photo)
Members of the Women’s Army Corps (WAC) pose at Camp Shanks, New York, before leaving from New York Port of Embarkation on Feb. 2, 1945. The women are with the first contingent of Black American WACs to go overseas for the war effort From left to right are, kneeling: Pvt. Rose Stone; Pvt. Virginia Blake; and Pfc. Marie B. Gillisspie. Second row: Pvt. Genevieve Marshall; T/5 Fanny L. Talbert; and Cpl. Callie K. Smith. Third row: Pvt. Gladys Schuster Carter; T/4 Evelyn C. Martin; and Pfc. Theodora Palmer. (AP Photo)
Three Soviet guerrillas in action in Russia during World War II. (LOC)
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THIS REPLY IS FROM MY E-MAIL INBOX: I bought a Mosin (Pronounced “mose” as in Moses and then “een” as in Coleen) rifle for Daddy awhile back. It is the same as the one she is using but his is the infantry version with iron sights and a bayonet. They were going for about $125.00 to $200.oo as old WWII surplus. It is an excellent and beautiful rifle. Designed in pre-Soviet Russia in the 1890’s; it doesn’t have that clunky Soviet look to it. In fact it is very slender and graceful with excellent balance and light weight. It has a steel butt plate for breaking skulls, so it is best to shoot it with a shoulder pad, but it doesn’t kick too hard after you do that.
Snipers were heros for the Russians. They worked in pairs or threes and kept moving, giving the Germans hell, shooting them from as far out as 800 meters- with a weapon that has no more power than a common deer rifle.
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