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By August 1992, the Women in Military Service for America Memorial Foundation still had only $1 million with which to build the memorial. [96] To boost the memorial's visibility, First Lady of the United States Hillary Clinton and former First Lady Barbara Bush both agreed to be honorary chairs of the foundation.
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]
Daughters of the American Revolution, Women in Military Service for America, the Washington State Department of Veterans Affairs Women Veterans Advisory Committee, American Legion Post 241 ...
History Archive. Women in Military Service for America Memorial Foundation. April 2006. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03; Puerto Ricans Represented Throughout U.S. Military History (DOD News, October 14, 2016) A Salute to the Latinas Who Served and Sacrificed (Graciela Tiscareño-Sato, HuffPost, December 6, 2017)
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.
Vaught became concerned that the role of women in the military was going unnoticed, and pushed for a memorial as the leader of the Women in Military Service to America Memorial Foundation. This resulted in the Women in Military Service for America Memorial [ 7 ] being built at the entrance to Arlington National Cemetery where there is also a ...
The ban on women serving in ground combat units was lifted in 2013 and, in 2016, all US military combat positions were opened to them, allowing women to fill about 220,000 jobs that were ...