Talk:Shoshana Johnson

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[edit] Attention and Race

at Lori_Piestewa, it mentions about how Lori got more attention than Shoshana because of her race. I have no idea if this is substantiatable or what but I thought that if there is information about this issue, it should be on this page and not lori's, or if needed on lori's and shoshana's.

I think it's damn necessary. I'm still baffled by it all these later, being former Army. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Rattlerbrat (talk • contribs).

No such statement currently appears in either article. One would suspect that if Piestewa gets more attention, I might be due to Jessica Lynch crediting Piestewa with being the only hero of the fight and that Piestewa did not survive. I would also imagine that arguing whether African-Americans or Native Americans are more discriminated against might not be a useful exercise. --Habap 19:55, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

But nothing is noted about Johnson receiving LOWER pay from the military upon discharge than Lynch, despite having been discharged at a HIGHER rank. PennyGWoods 10:41, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

If you have citations to back that up, it DEFINITELY belongs in the article. --Habap 12:43, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

Found it. The disparity between their payments was due to the different disability percentages determined by the Army. It rated Johnson at 30% disabled and Lynch at 80%. In August 2006, Johnson also got to sign a book deal. --Habap 15:09, 14 September 2006 (UTC)