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Trailblazers Fly High: First Female Air Force Pilots Receive Congressional Medals
ABC News
When Dori Martin and Marylyn Myers Peyton joined the U.S. Air Force in the 1940s, little did they know that they would one day become a part of history. Martin, 88, and Peyton, 86, were part of the...
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Women fliers honored 65 years after World War II service
CNN
Some 65 years after their service, a group of former civilian women pilots whose unheralded work was key to helping the U.S. effort in World War II were honored Wednesday with the Congressional Gold Medal.Fewer than 300 Women...