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WASP pilot recieves Congressional Gold Medal

Dorothy Ebersbach, Women Airforce Service Piliots (WASP) pilot, shows Col. Larry Martin, 6 Air Mobility Wing commander, her Congressional Gold Medal Coing during her medal ceremony in Tampa, Fla., April 28, 2010. The Congressional Gold Medal is the highest and most distinguished award Congress can award to a civilian. The WASP program was established during World War II, and from 1942 to 1943, more than 1,000 women joined, flying 60 million miles of noncombat military missions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Joseph L. Swafford Jr.)

PHOTO BY: Staff Sgt. Joseph L. Swafford Jr.
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