Geraldine Doyle (1924-2010), famously known for being Rosie the Riveter died last Sunday. She was 86 years old. Ms. Doyle was 17 when whe started working in a Michigan factory, one of some 18 million women who built the worlds most powerfull military force while being also one of the best incentives for millions of young men to fight to live, and come back home. read more about Ms. Doyle here:http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/29/AR2010122905336.htmlben

Interestingly enough, Geraldine Doyle didn't even know that she was the model for that famous poster until sometime around the mid 1980's after seeing it revisited in a magazine. After that discovery, she later attended a few USO events, and I was fortunate enough to get to hear her speak in Pensacola, and through a recorded video after she had developed some condition (arthritis, I think) when I was at Ali Al Salem AB, Kuwait, and again in Prince Sultan AB, Saudi Arabia. Her real life did indeed represent the "we can do it" mentality illustrated in that poster.

Interestingly enough, Geraldine Doyle didn't even know that she was the model for that famous poster until sometime around the mid 1980's after seeing it revisited in a magazine. After that discovery, she later attended a few USO events, and I was fortunate enough to get to hear her speak in Pensacola, and through a recorded video after she had developed some condition (arthritis, I think) when I was at Ali Al Salem AB, Kuwait, and again in Prince Sultan AB, Saudi Arabia. Her real life did indeed represent the "we can do it" mentality illustrated in that poster.

I hope she rests in peace. It's the ending of an era it seems, WWII was such a struggle and it opened our eyes to a lot of bad things in this world. I hope we always keep an eye on what happened back then and remember those who really sacrificed themselves to rid the world of a terrible menace.Regards,John