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Wilma L. Vaught (born March 15, 1930) [1] is a retired U.S. Air Force brigadier general. She was the first woman to deploy with an Air Force bomber unit, [ 2 ] and the first woman to reach the rank of brigadier general from the comptroller field.
Wilma L. Vaught became the first woman to deploy with a Strategic Air Command operational unit. [138] 1960 Master Gunnery Sergeant Geraldine M. Moran became the first female Marine promoted to E-9. [139] 1961 The first female U.S. Marine to be promoted to Sergeant Major (Bertha Peters Billeb). [139] [140]
First Lady Michelle Obama tours the memorial with Brig. Gen. (ret.) Wilma Vaught in March 2009. To pay the memorial's outstanding debt, WMSAMF relied heavily on gift shop sales and other revenue. Arlington National Cemetery draws an estimated 4.5 million visitors each year. [125] Visitation numbers were not meeting expectations, however.
The National Women's Hall of Fame (NWHF) is an American institution founded to honor and recognize women. It was incorporated in 1969 in Seneca Falls, New York , and first inducted honorees in 1973. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] As of 2024, the Hall has honored 312 inductees.
The following is a list of notable deaths in April 2002.. Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:
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(photo: Al Aumuller, World Telegram & Sun. Oveta Culp Hobby (January 19, 1905 – August 16, 1995) was an American government official and businesswoman who served as the first United States Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare from 1953 to 1955.
Oct. 4, 1981: The casket containing Lee Harvey Oswald’s remains for 18 years was exhumed and moved into the privacy of a tent at Rose Hill Memorial Park in Fort Worth before it was taken to ...