WASP pilot recieves Congressional Gold Medal
Dorothy Ebersbach, Women Airforce Service Piliots (WASP) pilot, displays the Congressional Gold Medal Coin and the 6th Air Mobility Wing Commanders Coin after her Congressional Gold Medal ceremony in Tampa, Fl, April 28, 2010. The Congressional Gold Medal is the highest and most distinguished award Congress can award to a civilian. The WASP program was established during World War II, and from 1942 to 1943, more than 1,000 women joined, flying 60 million miles of noncombat military missions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Joseph L. Swafford Jr.)