11/13/07 - Goldie Soloman Sends Her Letter To The Editor To The Journal News Instead Of The Hopelessly Biased Rag Known As The Westmore Snooze

Cadet nurses deserve status of veterans

Veterans Day comes and goes, but the U.S. cadet nurses of World War II, created by the Congress, signed into law on March 23, 1943, and by the president, commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces in June 1943, still wait for benefits denied by the users and discarders, the federal government.

Recruited, uniformed and insignia-d, I worked 12-hour shifts, had as many as 50 patients, and was exposed to disease and death. We took the oath to serve all of the military and the home front, which we did. Serving to hold up the federal hospital and all of the military - Army, Navy and Marines. There was no separate Air Force, and there was segregation in World War II.

An equity bill was presented in the 1990s - but Congress and the president have done nothing. I ask you: Does government serve the people, or are they users and discarders? I know. Do you?

Goldie Solomon

Port Chester