The "ferret out the lesbians" legend: Johnnie Phelps, General Eisenhower, and the power and politics of myth
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The most famous lesbian story to come out of World War II was told by Women's Army Corps (WAC) soldier Nell "Johnnie" Phelps, who claimed to have been given an order by General Dwight D. Eisenhower to "ferret out the lesbians" in her WAC detachment. This artic... ...