Final Approach

Thank you Chris Carroll and the design team for creating this beautifully written and laid out article about my grandmother Elaine Harmon. We are so grateful for the people who are sharing her story and our campaign to ensure she and all the WASP are eligible for Arlington Cemetery.
Erin Miller
Twitter @millerlawmd

As a Terp and the proud nephew of Elaine Harmon I thank the University of Maryland for publishing this article. The U.S. Government’s continual failure to honor & support those who they send off to war & conflict never ceases to amaze me. The long term failure to support the women of the WASP, women who gave every bit as much to help us win WWII as did men in the military, is in my opinion, unconscionable. If a Secretary of the Army can take away the deserved rights of the WASPs with the stroke of a pen, why can’t the President of the United States reverse that act with another stroke of a pen?

Pass the Senate bill an correct this injustice .... carpe diem!

The Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) are deserving of our highest respect. It is "Army Wrong" to deny the WASP a proper military burial at Arlington. May this injustice be quickly corrected. For God & Country, Former Army Chaplain (Major) Jeffrey Clemens

Thank you so much for honoring my grandmother, Elaine Harmon, and all the WASP with such a moving and powerful article. They truly were pioneers and heroes in their day, and still are not receiving the recognition and honor they are due. Congress must pass HR 4336 so all WASP have the option for inurnment rights at Arlington National Cemetery.

As a UMD alumna, so proud of my and my grandmother's alma mater for publishing this story.

Hi,

One of my best friends is the son of a wasp who has passed away. He has devoted much time to supporting the wasps. He hosts the ones that can still travel at Oskosh each year and goes to almost every event they hold around the country. His best friend is a wasp named Shutsy, she lives near in in Connelsville PA. I had the honor of meeting her at an air show and also having dinner with her last summer. She is spry and a wonderful interesting person. These are special people. They are part of our great military that have kept us free for 240 years. Pray for them all.