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Elza Cansanção Medeiros or Major Elza (October 21, 1921- December 8, 2009) was a Brazilian Army officer and World War II veteran. She was the highest-ranking female officer in the Brazilian Army with the rank of Major. She went to Italy during the war along with the Brazilian Expeditionary Force. She died on December 8, 2009, in Rio de Janeiro ~ what a life... World War One, Second World, First World, Female Hero, Female Soldier, Dieselpunk, Women's Army Corps, Canadian Soldiers, Ii Gm

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Elza Cansanção Medeiros or Major Elza (October 21, 1921- December 8, 2009) was a Brazilian Army officer and World War II veteran. She was the highest-ranking female officer in the Brazilian Army with the rank of Major. She went to Italy during the war along with the Brazilian Expeditionary Force as a nurse. She used to lecture about the Brazilian participation in World War II. She died on December 8, 2009, in Rio de Janeiro ~

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Elza Cansanção Medeiros or Major Elza (October 21, 1921- December 8, 2009) was a Brazilian Army officer and World War II veteran. She was the highest-ranking female officer in the Brazilian Army with the rank of Major. She went to Italy during the war along with the Brazilian Expeditionary Force. She died on December 8, 2009, in Rio de Janeiro ~ what a life...

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Elza Cansanção Medeiros or Major Elza (October 21, 1921- December 8, 2009) was a Brazilian Army officer and World War II veteran. She was the highest-ranking female officer in the Brazilian Army with the rank of Major. She went to Italy during the war along with the Brazilian Expeditionary Force. She died on December 8, 2009, in Rio de Janeiro ~ what a life...

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