We see many photos
of our fallen heros being circulated these days but no matter how
many soldiers die, there never seems to be an end to war somewhere. What is the
point of war? It never really solves anything. More importantly is the problem
of our government not being able to thank our returning soldiers enough
and in some circumstances, no compensation at all. This problem has been going on since World
War II.
In 1942 the United States built
thousands of war planes in its war factories each month. They needed to be
delivered to air force bases but pilots were in short supply. In the summer of
1943 a call went out for women to do the flying. 25 thousand women applied and
11 hundred were chosen to be WASPS. Women Air force Service Pilots. They were trained just like the male pilots;
slept in metal cots, worked out, marched and followed strict flying procedures.
They proved that they could fly those war planes just as well as the men could.
There is a documentary out there released
in 2013 called We Served Too describing the WASPs and their service to this
country. There is under 200 women still alive. There should be a sense of
urgency to get their story out and finally pay these women for their service to
this country. 38 women died in crashes. Why were these important military women
classified as civilians? Again the brass idiots dropped the ball on yet another
military blunder. Neither they or their families received military
benefits. The surviving women do not
receive benefits.
Today more than 60,000 women
serve in the United States Air Force. How could anyone forget a brave woman
that serves this country? Give them retroactive pay that they deserved for the
30 or so past years where they received nothing.
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