Gertrude Tompkins Silver
A total of 38 WASP lost their lives during World War II; to date, Silver is the only one who remains missing.
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Julia O Flikke
Superintendent and chief of the US Army Nurse Corps during WWII
Col. Merryl Tengesdal
US Air Force veteran
Elsie Chin Yuen Seetoo
U.S. Army Veteran who served during World War II from 1944 to 1946.
Rear Admiral Alma Grocki
In 2016, after 35 years of service, Grocki retired from the US Navy at the rank of rear admiral and was the senior engineering duty officer in the Navy Reserve.
Grace Thorpe
Native American rights activist and environmentalist
Luz Helena Thompson
Writer, artist and military veteran
Shenandoah D Ellis-Ulmer
Shenandoah D. Ellis-Ulmer served in the US Air Force for 21 years beginning in 1994 and attained the rank of master sergeant.
Dorothy Bacon
Amateur British filmmaker of the 1930s to 1950s
Dr Margaret Craighill
In 1943, Dr. Margaret Craighill was the first woman to become a commissioned officer in the United States Army.