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By Liza Mundy, Special to The Washington Post"The Unwomanly Face of War: An Oral History of Women in World War II" by Svetlana Alexievich, translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky (Random House, 331 pages, in stores) Early in "The Unwomanly Face of War," Svetlana Alexievich's harrowing and moving account of female Soviet soldiers during World War II, there is a scene where a group of female fighters arrives at the front.Read more on NewsOK.com

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