WASP's Effect On The War
After Pearl Harbor, the United States scrambled to recruit men. “We have about 650 licensed women pilots in this country. Most of them would be of little use today, but most of them could be of great use a few months hence if properly trained and organized” -Jacqueline Cochran to Eleanor Roosevelt.
"The service pilot faces the risk of death without the emotional inspiration of combat... sustained not by the fevers of combat, but the steady heartbeat of faith- a faith in the rightness of our cause." -General Barton K. Yount http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-20160819
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Former WASP' talking about their experience
Women aviators were a large contribution to the war's victory. If Jacqueline had not taken the first steps and led women into the military, the United States may have not been so triumphant. The WASP helped free male pilots to fight in combat by ferrying air crafts from factories to military bases, towing drones and aerial targets. They flew over sixty million miles from aircraft factories, ports and military training bases, towing artillery and transporting cargo.
"There were obvious gaps in manpower in the U.S. Army Air Forces that women could fill. Though, it wasn’t obvious until after Pearl Harbor that there was a large lack of men." |