(AP) - Through the years, women's roles in wartime have evolved
_ not that women ever have been inclined to just stand by.
During the American Revolution, Nancy Morgan Hart was famously
depicted with a musket, defending her home and children from
British soldiers in Georgia. In World War II, members of the
Women Army Corps worked in a support capacity, while in Iraq and
Afghanistan women have served closer to the front. Those roles
evolved further Thursday when Defense Secretary Leon Panetta
signed an order ending the Pentagon's ban on women serving in
combat. Here's a collection of images showing some of the ways
women have served their country in the U.S. military: (Copyright
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