NOT YOUR DADDY'S MILITARY

Beyond the pomp and ceremony of Veterans Day are the very real and poignant stories of today's guests. Miyoko Hikiji was an enlisted female soldier in the Iowa National Guard who was deployed to Iraq. In her book, All I Could Be: My Story as a Woman Warrior in Iraq, she shares what it's like to be a woman in a combat zone. Determined to be a Navy sailor, John Quinn hid his cerebral palsy for 20 years. In his book, Someone Like Me: An Unlikely Story of Challenge and Triumph Over Cerebral Palsy, he shares how, despite his 'invisible' impairment he rose to chief petty officer.