A salute to women American heroes...

Dawn Halfaker, an Army captain who lost her right arm and part of her shoulder in Iraq, is part of a unique cohort from the Iraq war: the nation's first group of female combat amputees.
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You won't read about Dawn in your local newspaper. There is an unofficial ban on publishing anything that might reflect on our great enterprise in Iraq. Even thought I am a rabid anti-war activist I believe we should put people like Dawn on a very tall pedestal and honor them as great American heroes.

(Photo: James A. Parcell / The Washington Post)