101-year-old WWII veteran was one of the first females to deploy overseas: 'Was a thrill'

A World War II veteran, who was one of the first women to ever be deployed overseas, shared her incredible story of service and sacrifice in honor of Independence Day. 

101-year-old Navy veteran Pat Rudd joined the military decades ago because she missed her brother so much and wanted to follow in his footsteps, she told Martha MacCallum on the Fox News Channel special "Home of the Brave." 

She ultimately joined Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (WAVES), which was the legislation that paved the way for her to become one of the first females to deploy. 

"I was in the Senate and I happened to be there the day they passed the bill for us to go overseas, and I was so excited that I went back straight to quarters and signed up for volunteering to go," Rudd said Tuesday. "And I was chosen for of one of them to be in the first 200 to go, and so that was a thrill to begin with."