Obituary: The pioneering sergeant turned activist
By Roland Hughes BBC News
Mille Dunn Veasey in uniform Image copyright 6888th Monument Committee
Image caption Millie Dunn Veasey and her unit's contribution to WW2 was "huge", one expert said
When Millie Dunn Veasey joined the US military it wasn't the most auspicious of starts.
"I didn't weigh more than 102 pounds (46kg) and didn't know how to tie my tie," she later recalled.
But she was making history: it was 1942 and she would go on to serve in the only all-female, all-black unit in World War Two.
Read more at: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-43401004
She passed away on March 9th at 100.
