According to my blogger dashboard, this is entry 997. According to the blog itself, it is 994.
According to the March 8th WVEC.com (Va) news, three local women who served in the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) will be receiving Congressional Gold Medals for their service during World War II tomorrow at the U.S. Capitol.
This was an experimental two year program to free up male pilots for fighting duties. These women pilots ferried aircraft, tested them and pulled targets here in the United States during the war.
They were not treated fairly after the war and it wasn't until 1977 that they received military status. Back in the war, they had to pay for their own training and would even have to set up a collection to send fallen WASPs home.
They are Mildred Carder of Williamsburg, Juklia Ledbetter of Newport News and Marguerite McCreery of Portsmouth.
An Honor Well Overdue. Congratulations Ladies!!! --Cooter
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