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Emily Jazmin Tatum Perez was a West Point graduate. While serving in Iraq, she was killed in action by an I.E.D., the first black female officer in U.S. military history to die in combat and the first female graduate of West Point to die in Iraq.
The video documenting why she chose to serve in the Army and in combat has been deleted by the Army under the Trump Administration.
Erasing her from the collective memory of America will not be tolerated. - Mel Tansill
@BrianJopek She probably didn't care, but it's bizarre to see that even in the 21st century, women's military dress uniforms were just slightly modified from men's uniforms. The sleeves, for instance, look big enough to hide a small dog in. Because they just took the basic uniform that fit over her bustline, and then maybe took in the collar a bit and maybe shortened the sleeves. I wonder if it's still that way.