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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.
August: Wilma L. Vaught became the first female Air Force officer to attend the Industrial College of the Armed Forces. [20] Hospitalman Elena J. Peckenpaugh was assigned to the first U.S. Navy ship with a mixed male-female crew. [citation needed]
Memorial president Wilma Vaught said the financial situation was not serious. Nonetheless, fund-raising experts told her that few donors wished to give money to "women's projects" [145] and that so many memorials were asking for funds that corporations simply stopped giving. [146]
US President Joe Biden presents Brigadier General Wilma Vaught with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, during a ceremony honoring 17 recipients, in the East ...
Wilma Vaught: Brigadier General [94] Raul Yzaguirre: U.S. Ambassador to the Dominican Republic & President and CEO of the National Council of La Raza [94] Michael Bloomberg: 2024 Entrepreneur, philanthropist and Mayor of New York City [95] Greg Boyle: Jesuit Catholic priest & Founder and director of the rehabilitation program Homeboy Industries ...
Wilma Vaught, American military officer and first woman to reach the rank of brigadier general from the comptroller field; Presley Merritt Wagoner, 40th President General of the DAR; Maria Williams-Cole, first African-American member of the DAR in Prince George's County, Maryland; Pamela Rouse Wright, 46th President General of the DAR
Chuck Norris is mourning the loss of his "wonderful" mom, Wilma Norris Knight, who has died at the age of 103.. The actor and martial artist, 84, revealed the news of his mother's death in an ...
Simone Biles may be a professional gymnast, but she still sometimes finds herself in awkward situations—particularly ones that involve her age.The Olympic gold medalist recently recounted the ...