Posts tagged Elaine Harmon
Female WWII Veterans Denied Eligibility for Arlington Burial

Last year was victorious for women in the military. For the first time, a pair of women completed Army Ranger school and the Pentagon made the announcement that all military combat positions would finally be open to women. However, 2016 is already bringing up memories from the past when women’s service was considered secondary to that of their male counterparts. In April 2015, Elaine Harmon, a veteran who flew as a pilot in the Second World War, passed away. And since then her ashes have been deemed ineligible to be laid to rest in Arlington National Cemetery.

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