Female WWII Pilots Fighting Arlington-- Part 3: Eligible and Then, Not Eligible

In 2002 Arlington National Cemetery's administrator said that WASPs were eligible for full military honors when being buried at Arlington and that they had been eligible since 1977.  Bit in March 2015, a month before Elaine Harmon died at age 95, Army Secretary John McHugh rescinded that decision saying that they were eligible only for burial in all cemeteries run by the VA.

However, WASPs understood they were entitled to all benefits of being veterans, including the right for a spot at Arlington.

Of the 15 WASPs interred or inurned at ANC, 15 would have been eligible for other reasons:  Some were buried with a spouse or served their country in other ways after their WASP duty.

--GreGen