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Part of what attracted her to the role, Rupp said, was a little-known fact: Dr. Ruth was a trained sniper. “Not an act of heroism,” Westheimer clarified. “In 1947 and ’48, everybody in then-Palestine belonged to some group. I chose the group that was the forerunner of the Israel Defense Forces. And I did not know that I had good aim. So when they did some selection, whatever, they put me in a group and they taught me how to put the Sten gun together. I shot the sky very nicely with my eyes closed.” Fortunately, she never had to put her skills to use. “I have no idea what the experience would be, if I had to show it. But I was a very good sniper. I could put the five bullets in the red circle. And I know how to throw hand grenades.”
I met her once - a very spunky lady.