lkanneg, the link you provided (page eight) regarding womens so called achievements in the military is a blatant attempt at feminist historical revisionism.
Just one example I will cite holds the whole site into question in regard to it's validity.
Jessica Lynch and her receiving the bronze star undeservedly and moreso fraudulently - is a perfect example of the politically correctoids and feminists in the military and goverment who fanatically seek to change the truth.
Anyone who is aware of the story knows that Jessica Lynch was not deserved of any accolade -- only cowardice. Her vehicle came under attack and from then on she failed to be anything but a hindrance and major liability, as opposed to a effective part of a cohesive fighting group.
Nine of her US comrades were killed, the reason she wasn't killed was because contrary to many US gynocentric PC news reports - she in actuality hid under the vehicle whereby she proceeded to urinate and defecate herself.
More importantly she didn't unload her weapon until the last bullet had been dispensed - gi jane style contrary to current news reports, her so called brave heroics were sickeningly stolen from the Male sergeant who as far as Im aware has not posthumously recieved any kind of deserved citation.
She had supposedly received multiple gunshot and knife wounds alongside being raped, all of which later proved to be just disgusting lies, she was rescued by special forces who had the all clear that the hospital where she was held posed no military threat to her so called dramatic rescue.
The way the news was reported was a fraudulent govermental induced media spin, in part to draw attention away from the realities of the war and secondly to pander to the feminists and political correctoids who seek to foist there insidious historical revisionism on us all - regardless as to the price of truth and the honour of the sergeant whos brave endeavours were stolen and accredited to Lynch. Shame on those who participated in this despicable mass fraud.
A bronze star for cowardice, in the first and second world war Men were shot for far less by their own side. This makes a mockery of the actions of so many millions of brave men who have fallen in battle.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,956255,00.html