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WASP pilots press Capitol for veterans benefits
About 60 of 1,097 women who flew WWII military planes testified before the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee seeking the same veterans benefits given to male pilots. They noted commissions promised by the Army Air Corps, 3 deaths, and 70 million miles flown. opposition came from the American Legion.
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Barry Goldwater
Attzy
Senate Veterans Affairs
Women's Army Service
Army Signal Corps
Washington
Capitol Hill
Air Force Service
Senate Veterans Alfatra Committee
Army Air Corps
Dorothy J. Starburk
Veterans Administration
Miss Starbuck
Dora D. Strother
Fort Worth
Tex
Alan Cranston
D-Calif
Strother
United States
H-Ariz
Senate
R-Mass
House Veterans Affairs Committee
Congress