Good Morning.
Got a few random things to pick over today. We'll start at Arlington today, but we've got to go back 70 years for the start of the story. You're probably aware that a significant number of women became aviators via the "WASP" program. While none of them flew in combat, they did the necessary business of transferring warplanes from the factories to the fronts, and by doing so freed up many men to fly those planes in combat.
Ever since, Uncle Sam has gone out of his way to give them the shaft as a reward for their service. WASP pilots (as well as all the ladies that served in the other women's auxiliaries during the war) have had to fight for recognition as veterans, for their benefits, for the rights as citizens who wore their country's uniform.
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