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House backs military burial honor for women pilots
Source: Reuters
World | Tue Mar 22, 2016 5:19pm EDT
House backs military burial honor for women pilots
WASHINGTON
The House of Representatives voted unanimously on Tuesday to allow women pilots from World War Two to be buried at Arlington National Cemetery, the vast military cemetery just outside Washington.
The vote was 385-0.
If passed by the Senate and signed into the law, the measure would allow the cremated remains of about 1,000 women who served as Women's Airforce Service Pilots, or WASPs, during World War Two, to be buried there.
They performed training and transport missions in the United States so male pilots could be sent overseas. However, unlike male veterans, they cannot be interred at Arlington, the best-known U.S. military cemetery, because authorities insist their service was not the same as active duty.
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House backs military burial honor for women pilots
WASHINGTON
The House of Representatives voted unanimously on Tuesday to allow women pilots from World War Two to be buried at Arlington National Cemetery, the vast military cemetery just outside Washington.
The vote was 385-0.
If passed by the Senate and signed into the law, the measure would allow the cremated remains of about 1,000 women who served as Women's Airforce Service Pilots, or WASPs, during World War Two, to be buried there.
They performed training and transport missions in the United States so male pilots could be sent overseas. However, unlike male veterans, they cannot be interred at Arlington, the best-known U.S. military cemetery, because authorities insist their service was not the same as active duty.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-defense-women-arlington-idUSKCN0WO2Y9
