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Harry S. Truman Library and Museum

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500 W US Hwy 24
Independence, 64050 United States
816-268-8200 https://www.trumanlibrary.org/exhibits.htm

February 2019

The Hello Girls: America’s First Women Soldiers – Screening with Executive Producer James Theres

February 10, 2019 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm CST
Harry S. Truman Library and Museum, 500 W US Hwy 24
Independence, 64050 United States
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When General John Pershing discovered that doughboys did not have the skills necessary to manage the telephone switchboards to keep him connected with troops under fire, he brought in a team of women "wire experts" to handle this job in World War I. They were masters of this latest technology, and they became America?s first women soldiers. The documentary film The Hello Girls: America's First Women Soldiers tells the heroic story of these 223 women and how they helped win…

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