While in conversation with author and journalist Mark Whitaker, author Becky Aikman talked about how the American women pilots who volunteered to ferry warplanes for the British military during World ...

There are currently World War II veterans living in every U.S. state except Alaska, according to the VA. California, which ...

Carlsbad pilot is sole U.S. survivor of WWII women’s flying auxiliary Retired pilot Nancy Stratford, who flew for the Royal Air Force from 1942 to 1945, turned 106 years old on June 12 ...

The U.S. Army was not fully integrated until 1948. Only about 6,500 of the 140,000 women who served in the WAC during World War II were Black, according to the Department of Defense.

Our War Too: Women in Service is a groundbreaking special exhibit that honors almost 350,000 American women who served their country during World War II. On display at the California Museum in ...

The work of these women shaped history and aided American and allied soldiers in winning the war. “The thing that they did helped American soldiers, British soldiers, our allies, fight and win ...

The estimated 1,074 women who flew noncombat missions in 1943 and 1944 were the subject of a lecture Mong gave Saturday morning at the old St. James Episcopal Church in Boardman Park.

Only all-women, Black battalion in WWII gets congressional honor, including many from SC Staff and wire report May 4, 2025 ...

In 2024, a movie about the women hit Netflix. “Not just for these ladies. It is for everybody: Native Americans, African Americans, anybody of color. It is a step back for everyone,” Scott said.

Grand Rapids will honor WWII vets with a Labor Day parade, featuring 101-year-old Maxine Boeve as grand marshal.

YORK COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) — As Women’s History Month continues, a luncheon was held Sunday at the York County History Center. It honored the women of the 6888th Postal Director Battalion,… ...

When author Becky Aikman decided in 2019 to write a book about the 25 American female pilots who flew planes for the Royal Air Force during World War II, she discovered that all but one of the ...