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Commack exhibit focuses on women in the military
Danile Spokony knew her mother had served in the military, but her mom never said much about it.
That is, until Spokony or her sister would uncover some memorabilia -- once it was Japanese currency, once a photo of their mother in Australia cradling two koalas in her arms -- and it would spark a conversation.
Her mother, Ruth Rubinstein, joined the Women’s Army Auxiliary when she was...