WASPs awarded Congressional Gold Medal [Image 3 of 6]

WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, UNITED STATES

03.10.2010

Photo by Staff Sgt. J.G. Buzanowski 

Office of the Secretary of Defense Public Affairs           

Deanie Parrish, one of the World War II Women Airforce Service Pilots and associate director of Wings Across America, accepts the Congressional Gold Medal on behalf of her fellow WASPs at the Capitol March 10, 2010. Presenting the medal are Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi; Rep. John Boehner, House minority leader; Sen. Harry Reid, Senate majority leader; and Sen. Mitch McConnell, Senate minority leader. More than 200 WASPs attended the event, many of them wearing their World War II-era uniforms. The audience, which Speaker Pelosi noted was one of the largest ever in the Capitol and too large to fit into Emancipation Hall, also included their families, as well as the families of those who have since died or couldn't travel. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. J.G. Buzanowski)

• Date Taken: 03.10.2010
• Date Posted: 03.11.2010 10:59
• Photo ID: 258951
• VIRIN: 100310-F-2418B-237
• Resolution: 2565x1661
• Size: 1.53 MB
• Location: WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, US