看到了记念碑下有 WASP 的 Emblem。欣慰之余也有很大的感触。她们在二战时貢献良多 但

直至 1977 才有 military status thru a Congressional Act.

然后到 2001 她们的貢献才被 真正recognized.

https://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/08/nyregion/l-wasps-war-effort-gets-due-recognition-127230.html

2018 是 WASP 75 周年纪念 National Land and Space Museum 办了一个纪念特展

https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/women-wings-75-year-legacy-wasp

她们是 Ferry Pilots 担任運輸工作，包括那些B52战机。都是 The Fly Girls delivered to the battle fields.  They freed up the male pilots to fight in the sky.  真正的幕后英雄。