Tag Archives: Congressional Gold Medal
Remembrances can give you goosebumps
Just back from Washington DC and the awarding of the Congressional Gold Medal. The actual ceremony will be broadcast tonight on CSPAN and has been picked up by all major television and print media. But what you won’t see is the Remembrance Ceremony held the day before to honor the 38 women who died in [...]
Women Air Force Service Pilots WWII Finally Get Into History!
Nearly 70 years have passed since America fought in World War II. In those critical days over a thousand courageous women pilots took to the skies in military aircraft for the United States Army Air Forces to relieve desperately needed male pilots for combat duty. From their training base in Sweetwater, TX, the Women Air [...]
My Mom just won the Congressional Gold Medal
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JULY 1, 2009 President Obama Signs Bill Awarding Congressional Gold Medal to Women Air Force Service Pilots First women to fly American military aircraft served courageously, blazed trails during WWII WASHINGTON – President Obama today signed into law S. 614, a bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal to the Women Airforce [...]