Military - Women Airforce Service Pilots - Oklahoma Tomb of the Unknown Soldier; Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

- Transcript
so many attached how outside basement and bette midler of tulsa became the first man ever to fly military aircraft barely in their twenties smith was among the first women in the program in addition in dallas texas and she delivered more than twenty types of aircraft and military installations of both coasts today each of those aircraft that moment when afghan detailing the history of the wasps the manufacturers i mean i don't know and at a time when you thought it couldn't get to fly and error they found herself living
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- cpb-aacip-521-416sx65317
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- Program Description
- This program celebrates and pays tribute to an elite corps of women called WASPS who played a vital part in America?s war effort. The women Air Force Pilots were a civilian corps attached to the military and served between 1942 and 1944. Two women pilots Betty Smith and Betty Riddle from Tulsa, Oklahoma became some of the first women pilots ever to fly military aircrafts. Betty Smith was in her 20?s and one of the first women in the program. She delivered more than 20 types of aircrafts to military bases from coast to coast. These women were finally given veteran status during the Carter presidency.
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- Moving Image
- Duration
- 00:01:44
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- Citations
- Chicago: “Military - Women Airforce Service Pilots - Oklahoma Tomb of the Unknown Soldier; Tomb of the Unknown Soldier,” American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed September 26, 2023, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-521-416sx65317.
- MLA: “Military - Women Airforce Service Pilots - Oklahoma Tomb of the Unknown Soldier; Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.” American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. September 26, 2023. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-521-416sx65317>.
- APA: Military - Women Airforce Service Pilots - Oklahoma Tomb of the Unknown Soldier; Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Boston, MA: American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-521-416sx65317