Female WWII Pilot's Kin Now Fight Arlington-- Part 2: 38 Died in Service

Ninety-seven House members have signed a bill to allow all WASP members to be inurned at Arlington and a bill has been sponsored in the Senate.

The WASPs flew more than 60 million miles domestically, test-flew and repaired military aircraft and ferried male officers around the country.  They even towed targets during live-ammunition training.

Thirty-eight died  while serving.

Congress finally granted them military and veteran status in 1977.  In 1984, they each received a World War II Victory Medal and in 2010, they were awarded the Congressional Gold Medal.

It sure strikes me how long it took Congress to do this.

--GreGen