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| | ABCNEWS.com : The Cost of Women in Combat |
 | | With war moving from the battlefields into civilian zones, women gradually worked their way into medical units and by World War II, their position in the military was enhanced, although women in the United States' armed services did not serve in direct combat. |
 | | Nearly a million women served in the Soviet Armed Forces during World War II, including several decorated women snipers, such as Lyudmila Pavlichenko, who was invited by Eleanor Roosevelt to tour the United States. |
 | | Many experts believe that conservative opposition to women in combat notwithstanding, history is on the side of fighting women. |
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