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Women Airforce Service Pilot Arlington Inurnment Restoration Act

Floor Speech

By: Mike Bost
By: Mike Bost
Date: March 22, 2016
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Women Defense Military Personnel

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Mr. BOST. I thank the chairman.

Mr. Speaker, World War II was a time when Americans came together to defend this Nation against evil. Entire families enlisted in this effort, which included many brave and dedicated women of the Women Airforce Service Pilots, or WASPs.

The WASPs flew military aircraft in noncombat roles, and they served as instructors for male pilots. When the WASP program was created, it was intended that these women would receive full military status. Sadly, this goal has not been achieved. That is why H.R. 4336 is so important. It overturns a previous Army directive and restores the burial rights in Arlington National Cemetery for WASP veterans.

I ask that all of my colleagues join me in supporting these women's rights of putting them in the place they need to be and in receiving those full military benefits.

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