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LAGUNA NIGUEL – A month ago Mary Burchard missed the big celebration in Washington, D.C, in honor of herself and the fellow Women Air Force Service Pilots with whom she served during World War II.
Burchard, 94, due to her health, was unable to make the long-distance trip. So her daughters brought the party to her Friday.
Please continue reading the article at the OC Register.
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Tags: W I N G S | A C R O S S | A M E R I C A | is a pioneering project, blazing a trail into the future of education, where digital information will explode into learning adventures, and where history will come alive through the colorful and unique eyewitness accounts of surviving WASP of WWII, FIRST WOMEN IN HISTORY TO FLY AMERICA’S MILITARY AIRCRAFT!
Last July, as daughter of a WASP. I began working with Carpien, producer of Morning Edition on National Public Radio, on a collaboration for a unique project to honor the WASP. As a result, several requests were put out from July through last October on the Yahoo email groups and by word-of-mouth, inviting family members to be a part of this tribute to the WASP. The criteria were simple: An personal remembrance essay of up to one-page about their WASP, accompanied by a “then” and “now” photograph. The essays would be posted on an NPR web page devoted to the WASP, in conjunction with the Congressional Gold Medal events. Twenty-one family members of WASP provided essays about “their” WASP.
Cindy Carpian, producer for Morning edition has announced that the radio story reported by Susan Stamberg (40 year veteran of National Public Radio and one of our most respected journalists) will air the day before the ceremony on March 9 during Morning Edition hosted by Renee Montagne and Steve Inskeep. The story is about 9 minutes, which is the longest amount allowed on the program. The story includes recollections of two WASP, Margaret Phelan Taylor and Lillian Lorraine Yonally, historian Katherine Landdeck of TWU, Pam Pohly, niece of WASP Mabel Rawlinson, the voice of Hap Arnold, and singing WASP from the Lost Last Class, courtesy of TWU archives.
The morning the story airs on NPR, there will be a large web build out on the NPR website that will include text of the radio story with photos, a special section of Lillian Yonally’s color photos, a timeline with photos prepared by Kate Landdeck, AND – of course, your essays and photos (plus links to sites such as Wings Across America and TWU). There shouldn’t be any problem finding the essays on the page once you find the WASP story. You’ll also be able to hear the audio of the radio story there. So if you’re traveling and miss it, it will ALWAYS be on the web”. NPR conducted extensive research, in an effort to be as accurate as possible. Enhanced by the very personal essays written by many family members, it is certain to be a great contribution to the WASP legacy and an inspiration for generations to come.
A video about the Biggs Fly Girls who were WASPs is at http://www.kfoxtv.com/video/21589255/index.html
