War Veterans

June, 1989

"Why do they do this to us?" pondered Junior Bridge, a spokeswoman for the National Organization for Women."I would hope that chapter had been closed," said Mary Ruthsdotter of the National Women's History Project.These women are bemoaning the resurgence of "girl art," the World War Two practice of painting images of nude and seminude pinup girls onto the noses of U. S. military aircraft. Bridge and Ruthsdotter want the pictures removed--but the bomber beauties, who...