that greatness didn t just happen. it was earned through decades of sacrifice, from the generations that came before us. like the men and women of world war ii, who stood up to fight for what s right. and their honor and sacrifice should never be forgotten. martha mccallum sat down with one of those proud americans, world war ii veteran pat rudd. we celebrate the united states as the home of the brave, thanks to americans like pat rudd. at 101 years old, she s a remarkable member of our greatest generation. during world war ii, she missed her deployed brother so much that she wanted to follow him into the service. when she was told that she could not do that, her response was, oh, yes, i can. she went on to make history, becoming one of the first women deployed overseas during the war through the volunteer program. she served in hawaii after pearl
we had lost so many men. so, you know, talk to me about some of the patients at the hospital and what they had been through, and were you able to talk to them and comfort them? do you remember any of them, specifically, pat? yes, i do. i had met one man dancing at seattle when we stopped there, and we were only allowed to tell our name and i just called my nickname, which was pat. and then when we got over there, i had an office right near the captain s office, and i would watch them haul for him when he was at lunch and i found the man walking in the hall outside, so i got up to question, and here it was the young man that i had met in seattle. and so, we had chow together,
harbor teaching sailors reading and writing and working at the hospital there and decades later she still helps our soldiers doing needle work for patients at v. a apartment hospitals. we re honored now to be joined by pat rudd. hi, pat. thank you so much for being with us today. it s great to talk to you. 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 involved in what was going on in world war ii. tell me a little bit about how you pursued this driver of yours to be part of the effort to win world war ii. well, when i was in boot camp at hunter college, i left there and was signed to my service in d.c., and while i was there i
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i m sure you warmed his heart in that difficult moment for hithat difm. pat. so tell me a little bit, pat. a very hard. yeah, i can i can imagine. s a and i think it s an incredible a service that you did just to to comfort, to help some of these young men read and write and then to be with them during a difficulngt moment like that m is just an enormous service to your country. al your country. all all good wishesl to you and god bless you and i. prd god bless you and i. th august. but you have continued health and happinesat you havd heals. thank you for your service. thank you so much for. h fo thank you so much for the interview. and i appreciate that very much. up next, we tal, k to one brave pastor who s using his faith to try to savego. chicago hello, i m mike lindell, and i m here to tell you about my brand new product, my slippers. what makes my slippers