Veteran of Foreign Wars
During the invasion of Iraq in 2003, June Moss, 39, served as a driver and mechanic. Though she did not engage directly in combat, she witnessed many of the war's horrors firsthand: as the driver in a convoy, she had to maneuver around charred corpses. Says Moss: "There were firefights. Explosions were going off. You're witnessing death all around you."

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