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[129] [130] Release of the stamp on-site at the Women in Military Service for America Memorial on October 17 was marred after the National Park Service, citing rules against vending on park service property, barred sales of the stamps. Memorial organizers quickly obtained two vans, parked them in a nearby government parking lot, and sold the ...
On February 25, 2009, the battalion was honored at the Women in Military Service for America Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery. [3] The event was attended by three former unit members of the 6888th, Alyce Dixon, Mary Ragland, and Gladys Shuster Carter. [3]
She contributed to the campaign to erect the Women in Military Service for America Memorial at the ceremonial entrance to Arlington National Cemetery. [2] [3] [4] Kelly died of cancer on January 27, 2003. She was buried with full military honors in Section 67 of Arlington National Cemetery.
McWilliams is past President of the Women in Service for America Memorial Foundation. [1] She took her commission in 1974 in the Women's Army Corps and was assigned to the Adjutant General Corps. In over 29 years with the army, she held a variety of Human Relations positions, commanding four companies, a training battalion, and a personnel brigade.
The Women in Military Service for America Memorial silver dollar is a commemorative dollar issued by the United States Mint in 1994. [1] It was one of three coins in the 1994 Veterans Program, along with the Vietnam War Memorial and Prisoners of War silver dollar. [2]
Women In Military Service for America Memorial Foundation, Inc., "Milestones—The Nation Loses Two Military Women Icons." Library of Congress, Veterans History Project , Martha Putney Collection. Arlington National Cemetery
Largely in response to the book, Congress held its first hearings on women veterans and the Veterans Administration established a Women Veterans Advisory Committee. [3] Willenz also initiated efforts to create a national memorial to women veterans. Her work in the AVC eventually led to the building of the Women in Military Service for America ...
Lozano was one of the first Puerto Rican women to become a United States Army officer. [2] [6] According to retired Lt. Col. Marilla Cushman of the Women in Military Service for America Memorial Foundation, "She is certainly a pioneer for Puerto Rican women, one of the first 13 to be commissioned into the Army Nurse Corps. Carmen and her 12 ...