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3-5-0 Girls 350,000 women served in WWII. This is their story.

Got the band back together
06/04/2026

Got the band back together

Had a great time this morning talking about Edith Nourse Rogers, the WAC, Col Mary Halleran, and the Women's Armed Servi...
05/30/2026

Had a great time this morning talking about Edith Nourse Rogers, the WAC, Col Mary Halleran, and the Women's Armed Services Integration Act at the Women Veterans Alliance conference!

Question from the inbox about women at D-Day events, which also ties into our annual D-Day reminder: if you're packing f...
05/30/2026

Question from the inbox about women at D-Day events, which also ties into our annual D-Day reminder: if you're packing for Normandy this week, pack the warm clothes (thank us later)

We were asked how to represent women at D-Day events when the focus is so often on airborne units and other combat roles.

For a D-Day impression, Army flight nurse, Army nurse, and WAC are all good options. On June 10, 1944, Army nurses began arriving in Normandy. Five Army flight nurses landed by air, while four Army nurses came ashore at Omaha Beach. Although they are often left out of the story of D-Day, two WAC battalions stationed in London helped support the operation, and additional WACs arrived in Normandy in July 1944 to establish and operate critical communications networks.

So yes, it is absolutely appropriate to represent women's service at D-Day events. We just recommend doing it in the warmest uniform you own 🙃

We'll be at the Women Veterans Engage Conference tomorrow, hosted by the Bedford VA in Lincoln, MA.We will be setting u...
05/29/2026

We'll be at the Women Veterans Engage Conference tomorrow, hosted by the Bedford VA in Lincoln, MA.

We will be setting up our mini exhibit on the WAC, Edith Nourse Rogers, Col Mary Hallaren, and how these women created and supported a permanent role for women in the Army. If you're attending, please stop by and say hello!

Thank you so much to American Legion Post 8 for inviting us to be a part of your Memorial Day commemoration. We were so ...
05/27/2026

Thank you so much to American Legion Post 8 for inviting us to be a part of your Memorial Day commemoration.

We were so grateful for an opportunity to share the history of the women who served in WWII with all those who attended. Our artifacts from the WAVE training school in the Bronx was a crowd favorite! ⚓️

Special thank you to Commander Denis Starr for the invite, and the local and state representatives who came for the ceremony but also took the time to learn about the women who served, the 200 who were killed while serving, the stories and women from New York, and the 3-5-0 mission

Events like this are why we do what we do, and we were honored to be part of such a meaningful event to pay tribute to those who made the ultimate sacrifice for our country

We'd hoped to visit the grave of WASP Gloria Heath for the annual Honor the WASP hosted by this Memorial Day weekend. U...
05/26/2026

We'd hoped to visit the grave of WASP Gloria Heath for the annual Honor the WASP hosted by this Memorial Day weekend. Unfortunately, severe weather made it difficult to reach her gravesite in Hartsdale, NY, but we still wanted to share her story and the incredible work Women in Aviation is doing to document the grave of every WASP and visit as many as possible over Memorial Day Weekend

Every year, WIA creates a free printable commemorative tag and an updated Google map of all the known WASP burial sites. We highly recommend that everyone check it out and look for these remarkable women in your own communities

Gloria Heath (44-W-5) joined the WASP in 1944 after graduating from Smith College in 1943. She was first assigned to Freeman Army Field in Indiana, where she flew AT-10s as a test pilot, before being assigned to Pocatella Army Air Field in Idaho where she flew B-26 Bombers tow target missions. She also flew PT-17, BT-13, and the AT-6.

After the war, she became a leader in the emerging field of aviation safety. She was a founder of the Flight Safety Foundation, and in 1968, she founded her own company teaching search and rescue methods. She was inducted into the Women In Aviation International Pioneering Hall of Fame in 1999. In 2001, Gloria was listed as one of the 100 most influential women in aviation by Women in Aviation International.

Something else we found interesting: she was also an international lacrosse champion and was inducted into the Women's Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 2006

For more information on her story and our sources, check out the and ✈️

📸 Photo Information:
WASP Gloria Heath (1944). Commemorative Air Force Rise Above Squadron.

05/26/2026

So excited for our friends at The We Are Marines Collection for the new acquisition and excited for everyone who will get to learn from them including it in their displays 🤍💚

Whenever we travel, we like to research if there's any connection to women in the military; so often we find history tha...
05/23/2026

Whenever we travel, we like to research if there's any connection to women in the military; so often we find history that people didn't know happened right in their own communities. We are headed to New Rochelle, NY, for Memorial Day and discovered that Fort Slocum had a detachment with over 600 WACs during World War II. One of those WAC, Gladys Borkowski (first picture), left behind an incredible record of her service at Fort Slocum, where she served from 1943-1946.

We are truly looking forward to joining the New Rochelle community for Memorial Day weekend, and we hope if you are local that you will stop by and see us at American Legion Post 8 (112 North Avenue).

📸 Photo Information:
Photo 1: Gladys "Woodie" Borkowski poses for a photo while stationed at Fort Slocum, Davids Island, N.Y.
Photo 2: This oblique aerial photograph from Nov. 15, 1961, shows Fort Slocum.
Both images from the

Thank you to the Marine Corps History Division and the The We Are Marines Collection for the opportunity to represent th...
05/22/2026

Thank you to the Marine Corps History Division and the The We Are Marines Collection for the opportunity to represent the stories of the 36 women Marines who served in Vietnam. If you haven't already picked up a copy of this book, it's so beautifully written, and go check out the We Are Marines page for more information about the 36 Marines in Vietnam

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