Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi
Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony
Speaker Pelosi, Leader Reid, Leader Boehner, Leader McConnell, and other Members of Congress hosted a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony on March 10th in the Capitol in honor of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) of World War II. The Women Airforce Service Pilots were the first women in history to fly American military aircraft–flying 60,000,000 miles of operation flights on every plane the Army Air Corps flew, including the B-29, from 1942-1944.
Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony
Speaker Pelosi, Leader Reid, Leader Boehner, Leader McConnell, and other Members of Congress hosted a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony on March 10th in the Capitol in honor of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) of World War II. The Women Airforce Service Pilots were the first women in history to fly American military aircraft–flying 60,000,000 miles of operation flights on every plane the Army Air Corps flew, including the B-29, from 1942-1944.