WASPs finally get their due

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We're glad to see that these women who served our country with honor have finally got their due.  Here's today's coverage of the event:

On August 1977, Capts. Susan D. Rogers, Connie J. Engel and Mary E. Donahue walk away from the flight line at Williams Air Force Base, Ariz., after completion of a training flight. They are among the first ten women to graduate from Air Force undergraduate pilot training. photo credit: U.S. Air Force photo/Johnnie Garnado

At emotional Capitol ceremony, WWII 'fly girls' finally honored - MiamiHerald.com
Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, one of the bill's sponsors, said, "They blazed a trail in the sky, opening the doors for women in aviation today. ...

Female World War II pilots lay wreath at Air Force Memorial - Air Force Link
The poem was written in honor of Marie Michell Robinson, a 19-year-old WASP who died during a training flight aboard a B-25 Mitchell bomber Oct. 2, 1944, ...  Slideshow here

Women pilots of World War II inspired generations from AF.mil Photos
Jan Nicolai holds a photo of Helen Jo Anderson Severson, a deceased pilot from South Dakota who flew with the Women Airforce Service Pilots during World War II during a wreath-laying and remembrance ceremony for all 1,102 pilots March 9, 2010, at the Air Force Memorial in Arlington, Va. The ceremony was part of a two-day event in which all pilots will receive the Congressional Gold Medal at the U.S. Capitol for their service.

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Women pilots of World War II inspired generations from AF.mil Photos
Carol Brinton Selfridge, 92 and a member of the Women Airforce Service Pilots Class 44-5, and her grandaughter, Lt. Col. Christy Kayser-Cook, share a moment during the reception to honor women civilian pilots who flew with the Women Airforce Service Pilots at the Women in Military Service for America Memorial March 9, 2010, at Arlington National Cemetery, Va. The reception followed a wreath-laying ceremony and both were part of a two-day event in which all pilots will receive the Congressional Gold Medal at the U.S. Capitol. (Defense Department photo/Linda Hosek)

Seven female WWII pilots from Kalamazoo area finally honored with ... - MLive.com
Suzanne D. Parish, helped found the Kalamazoo Aviation History Museum, also known as the Kalamazoo Air Zoo. She was named a member of the Experimental ...

Female aviation pioneers awarded Congressional Gold Medal - NewsChannel 9 WSYR
Three Central New York aviation pioneers were honored Wednesday for their service in World War Two. They were among the first women in ...

Women who served in WWII recognized - Florida Today
The B-25 crashed in the desert. In 2005, personal items were recovered from the crash site. Today, Michell Van Riper will represent her aunt at the ceremony ...

Pilot Jean Springer receives Congressional Gold Medal - Cincinnati.com
These pioneers of women in aviation "blazed a trail in the sky," said Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, a Texas Republican who co-sponsored the bill to honor the ...

Area women get Congressional Gold Medal - WOOD-TV
To learn more about the WASP and other female pioneers in aviation, visitors can check out the Daring to Dream: Women in Aviation exhibit located in the Air ...

On the 100th anniversary of the first woman to earn a pilot's license... from You Fly, Girl by Cathy Gale
In Washington, a couple hundred surviving WASP were awarded the Congressional Gold Medal - the country's highest civilian award. ....

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