npr.org — On Wednesday, more than 1,000 women who flew military planes during World War II will be honored with the Congressional Gold Medal. They were known as WASP, Women Airforce Service Pilots, and at the time of their service, they were civilians. They waited three decades to be granted military status. And history nearly forgot them.
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frostekMar 10, 2010
She's a doll!Time to fire up the TARDIS.
zippy757Mar 10, 2010
they were.
prlmeMar 10, 2010
Dugg!
bbear27Mar 10, 2010
I get what you are saying that it's unfair to grant a reward like that for everybody but I think the point is that for a man he went home and everybody thought he was a hero for doing his job, or at least they notice that he had done something, that he had worked for the army, where as the women it was a different story, they were kick out and replaced without anybody giving a second thought because they were women and therefore not able to take jobs from men.I think this metal was more of a way to state that had done something for their country and were not forgotten, because unlike other people severing they had no recognition at all; and then to add insult to injury being told in 1976""it's the first time that the Air Force has allowed women to fly their aircraft."" 30 years after they had done the same thing. I think the overall point is, yes those men didn't get a reward for doing the same job, but at least nobody took it away from them.
nolagrlMar 10, 2010
Many of them died. Is that impressive enough for you?
starryknight1Mar 10, 2010
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cptbuckMar 10, 2010
This isn't really a hypothetical. How about this guy? <a class="user" href="http://realneo.us/content/firefighter-retired-navy-civilian-lewis-meyer-awarded-purple-heart-pow-medals-first-time-civ" rel="nofollow">http://realneo.us/content/firefighter-retired-navy ...</a>He got exactly the awards he deserved for an extremely similar situation, civilian duty in war zone not recognized as service. Not the gold medal.