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Tulsa's Veterans' Day Parade

Thousands line the parade route. Planes leading colored smoke trails fly above Tulsa’s annual Veteran’s Day Parade. This year’s theme was ‘Strong then, strong now…honoring female veterans’. Brenda Baker is Senior Vice Commandant of Marine Corps League Albert E. Schwab Detachment #857. With women taking on an increasing role in the military, things are a lot different from when she was in during Vietnam. She says although she was in charge of the armory for the Security unit, she wasn’t even allowed to  carry a gun. She believes there is a role for women in combat and is glad to see the changes being made in the military.

As many as ten thousand spectators watched this year’s Tulsa parade, the city’s 97th annual, and one of the largest in the region.