Women's Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) to Receive Congressional Gold Medal

Pres. Obama has signed a law that will grant to the members of the WWII WASPs the Congressional Gold medal for their services during the war. These civilian women pilots served to replace male pilots in transport, training and test flights during the war so the male pilots could fly combat missions.

The women were denied veterans benefits and acknowledgement of their servcie at the end of the war. Their records were sealed and little if no mention was made of their service in histories of WWII.

See www.wingsacrossamerica.us for more info on these women and what they did.