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The Story of a WWII Womens Airforce Service Pilot

During World War II, a select group of young women pilots became pioneers, heroes, and role models. They were the Women Airforce Service Pilots, WASP, the first women in history trained to fly American military aircraft.  Elizabeth Bridget "Betty Wall" Strohfus of Faribault served her nation from 1943 until the W.A.S.P. were disbanded in December 1944. She flew anti-aircraft training missions, towed aerial targets, and instructed male cadets in instrument flight. You are invited to hear Betty Wall, now 93 years young, as she talks about her remarkable story of  “the time of her life!”

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