Grace Stevens AKA "Amazing Grace"
Grace Stevens was one of many fantastic patriotic women who went to work in manufacturing positions during World War II. While husbands, brothers, sons, uncles, and nephews were out fighting, Grace Stevens left her role as a traditional housewife to help support her family during the war. In 1943, Ms. Stevens cleaned and packed parachutes for two years at Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma. Katherine sees Ms. Stevens as a role model and an American hero.
Katherine on Grace Stevens....
"After the war was over, they asked her to stay on, but she was ready to go back home to Pennsylvania. She is an inspiration to today's women serving in the military. She's an American hero. For Ms. Grace looking back she acts like it was nothing to have been a part in the shaping of our military heritage. I can't imagine the conditions and the pressure that she was under given the time period. She is just as tough as any paratrooper out there; and if she could have been on jump status, she would have excelled. I am inspired by her attitude that you only get so much time on planet Earth, you might as well make the most of it. And at 100 years old, she still has that attitude."
photo courtesy of Jodie Gee:
Grace Stevens, right, at an event with 2nd Lt. Katherine Jenerette, assistant S-3, United States Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command. Stevens, who turned 100 Feb. 24, packed parachutes as a civilian in World War II.
Grace Stevens, right, at an event with 2nd Lt. Katherine Jenerette, assistant S-3, United States Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command. Stevens, who turned 100 Feb. 24, packed parachutes as a civilian in World War II.
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