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Nebraska 'Rosie the Riveter' who received Congressional Gold Medal dies at 101
After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor pulled the United States abruptly into World War II, young men by the tens of thousands rushed to military recruiters to enlist and join the fight. Lila Westerman, a 19-year-old from the Pawnee County hamlet of Du …