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After being disallowed the honor, female pilots who served in World War II are now permitted to be buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
On May 20, President Obama signed into law a bill that allows members of Women’s Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) to be interred in Arlington with full military honors. The bill passed the House and Senate in a rare moment of unanimous bipartisanship.
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