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On July 29, 2009, Air National Guard major Mary Jennings 'MJ' Hegar was shot down while on a Medevac mission on her third tour in Afghanistan. Despite being wounded, she continued to fight and saved the lives of her crew and their patients. But soon she would face a newā¦
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In 2012, former Air National Guard pilot and Purple Heart recipient Mary Jennings Hegar joined forces with the ACLU to challenge the ban that kept American women out of ground combat units. In Shoot Like A Girl, Hegar tells the story of the career that led her to that point.
Hegarās love for flying, her commitment to her job, and her bonds with teammates are vividly portrayed. The incident for which she received the Purple Heartāher helicopter shot down in Afghanistan with wounded men aboardāis gripping. But the heart of the book is the systemic sexism Hegar faced throughoutā¦
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