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On Aug. 15, 2015, Elinor Otto, 95, an original “Rosie,” stands next to the newly dedicated Rosie the Riveter Memorial statue (left) at Marina Bay Park in Richmond, California. Elinor was a riveter during WWII and then returned to the job she loved in 1951. After riveting every C-17 delivered to the U.S. Air Force (USAF), she was laid off in 2014 at the age of 94 so she retired. She set the record for the longest working Rosie the Riveter! In 2017, Elinor was awarded the Air Force Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award and took her first ride in a C-17. (Photo: Redwood Educational Technologies).

Cornelia Fort (1919-1943): WAFS Pilot

Judith Stanford Miller, editor - November 12, 2021 1

Photo Above: Cornelia Fort (U.S. Air Force photo) Nov. 17, 2021 – Early on Dec. 7, 1941 in Honolulu, Hawaii, Cornelia Fort, 22, was doing...

July 15, 1941: First Contract for the Jeep is Awarded

Judith Stanford Miller, editor - July 16, 2021 0

STORY SNAPSHOT 1. On July 15, 1941, Willys-Overland signed a contract with the U.S. Army to make vehicles. The Army needed a four-wheel, small truck...

March 31, 1941: Rosie Begins Riveting

Judith Stanford Miller, editor - April 3, 2021 0

STORY SNAPSHOT On March 31, 1941, 25 women began their skilled jobs at a Vultee airplane factory, a factory making planes for the U.S. Army...

Tuskegee Airmen Defined by Excellence and Extraordinary Perseverance

Judith Stanford Miller, editor - November 15, 2020 0

STORY SNAPSHOT • Harold Brown was born in 1924 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. ...

The Mold in Dr. Florey’s Coat was Penicillium

Judith Stanford Miller, editor - November 10, 2020 0

STORY SNAPSHOT Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin in England in 1928. It was a substance produced by the mold, Penicillium. He was a doctor at St....

Betty Bishop Attends “Miss Betty” Dedication

Judith Stanford Miller, editor - November 26, 2020 1

STORY SNAPSHOT Betty Webster graduated from high school in 1943 in Tidioute, Pennsylvania. As soon as she turned 18 years old, she boarded a bus...

Dreamsville U.S.A. Still Serving the Home Front

Judith Stanford Miller, editor - March 9, 2020 0

March 9, 2020 - Dreamsville U.S.A. is not a figment of imagination or a placeholder on an architect’s blueprint designing an American utopia. It’s...

Hand sanitizer production line at Coppercraft Distillery in Holland, Michigan (Photo: Courtesy of Coppercraft Distillery)

Full Force of American Spirit – and Spirits – Hitting COVID-19

Judith Stanford Miller, editor - March 26, 2020 0

March 26, 2020 - Businesses large and small are stepping up to help solve shortages of vital medical equipment and supplies needed by...

Meet Irene: from Holocaust to Hope and Her Journey to America...

Judith Stanford Miller, editor - April 13, 2020 0

STORY SNAPSHOT Irene Hasenberg was born in Berlin, Germany on Dec. 11, 1930. John, her father (Pappi), served in the German military during World War...

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