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Elaine D. Harmon

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WASPs had been assigned to non-combat operational duties, such as ferrying cargo, delivering new planes, training male pilots, and dragging targets for other pilots. Because they flew domestic missions, the Army had classified WASPs as civilians rather than veterans, and they were not eligible for
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A lifelong resident of Maryland, and in recognition of her role model status, having been a trailblazing female pilot during WWII, in 2016 Ms. Harmon was posthumously inducted into the Maryland Women's Hall of Fame. The following is the inscription on the plaque placed in her honor at the Maryland
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President Jimmy Carter signed legislation in 1977 granting WASPs veteran status, and in 2002 the Army granted military funeral honors to WASPs, including eligibility for inurnment at Arlington National Cemetery. Harmon was honored with a Congressional Gold Medal in 2009. However, in March 2015,
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Ms. Harmon learned to fly at the College Park Airport on the campus of the University of Maryland, from which she graduated in 1941. Her WASP artifacts (Flight Log, uniform, Congressional Gold Medal) are on permanent display at the College Park Aviation Museum.
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Over 25,000 women had applied to the program; Harmon was one of 1,830 accepted, and one of 1,074 who earned their wings. She completed six months of flight training and ground school, as well as at least 500 flight hours. After training at
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ruled that due to a technicality in the 1977 legislation, WASPs did not have status in the Army, and were only eligible for burial in cemeteries administered by the
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had championed WASP benefits to Congress, but male pilots objected that the women were taking their jobs, and Congress denied the women veterans' status.
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program. She joined the Women Airforce Service Pilots against her mother's wishes, who thought WASPs "were all just awful, just probably loose women".
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veterans' benefits, including being laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery. Army Air Forces Commanding General
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for her service as a pilot during World War II. As a WASP pilot, she has been accorded full military honors at
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Elaine D. Harmon walks through the "Fly Girls of World War II" exhibit in Arlington, Virginia
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Elaine Harmon's wish to be laid to rest at Arlington was honored on September 7, 2016.
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Following the war, Harmon had a 25-year career as an independent
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While at the university she became a private pilot through the
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and Margaret Oliphant Danforth, was born December 26, 1919, in
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Barbara A. Mikulski, United States Senator for Maryland
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College Park Aviation Museum - University of Maryland
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(May 2, 2015). 328: 295: 205:, working for Associated Appraisers in 2356:Burials at Arlington National Cemetery 366:Fandos, Nicholas (September 7, 2016). 209:, until retiring in the early 1990s. 7: 2381:20th-century American businesspeople 590: 588: 586: 584: 582: 580: 519: 517: 515: 457: 455: 453: 451: 449: 423: 421: 342:"Washington-area obituaries of note" 336: 334: 332: 136:University of Maryland, College Park 1129:Euphemia Mary Goldsborough Willson 628:. January 11, 2016. 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Women Airforce Service Pilots
Congressional Gold Medal
Arlington National Cemetery
Dave Danforth
Baltimore, Maryland
Eastern High School
University of Maryland, College Park
Silver Spring, Maryland
Civilian Pilot Training Program
Piper Cubs
College Park Airport
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Avenger Field
Nellis Air Force Base
PT-17
BT-13
AT-6 Texan
B-17 Flying Fortress
instrument flying
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Beltsville, Maryland

Henry Arnold
John McHugh
Veterans Administration
Martha McSally
Barbara Mikulski

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