# Famous living non-military women who are veterans

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 5, 2009, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-living-non-military-women-who-are-veterans/516384 "2009-11-05T02:53:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2009, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-living-non-military-women-who-are-veterans/516384/21 "2009-11-05T18:58:06Z")

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Bea Arthur, [USMC vet](http://www.leatherneck.com/forums/showthread.php?t=82923). But then the tread goes on to show a youtube clip where she says she was not.

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**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2009, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-living-non-military-women-who-are-veterans/516384/22 "2009-11-05T19:48:57Z")

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> [@jayjay](#):
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> Does it have to be the American military? [Dr. Ruth Westheimer](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Westheimer) served in the [Haganah](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haganah) just prior to and during the Israeli War of Independence.

I remember that she was on a radio program and told a story about going to a carnival with her grandson. As she was a sniper during the war of independence, she was still a good shot, even as a old woman, so she pretty much won all the prizes in the shooting gallery booth.

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