An interesting article.
QuoteHOUSTON (KTRK) -- Charlene Lauderdale is a veteran who says she served in combat and was awarded a Purple Heart.
"I'm a retired master sergeant in the United States Air Force. I was a flight engineer on a 141 cargo plane," she tells Eyewitness News.
She also says she born with both female and male anatomy. After living most of her life as a man, she is now legally a woman and wants the VA to pay for gender reassignment surgery.
http://abc13.com/health/veteran-wants-va-to-pay-for-sex-change-surgery/420867/