NATIONAL TROPHY WINNER - "OUR EYES ARE ON THE STARS"
PICTURES OF THE PARADE

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ROSE PARADE NATIONAL TROPHY WINNER!

The WASP RIDERS

  1. Alyce Rohrer, 44-W-4, Pasadena, CA
  2. Virginia Lee Doerr, 44-W-3, Scottsdale, AZ
  3. Florabelle Reece, 44-W-4, Lancaster, CA
  4. Marty Wyall, 44-W-10, Ft.Wayne, IN
  5. Florence Mascot, 44-W-10, FL
  6. Shirley Kruse, 44-W-6, Pompano Beach, FL
  7. Lois Bristol Young, 44-W-3, Peoria, AZ;
  8. Margot DeMoss, 44-W-5, Riverside, CA

The FLOAT WALKERS

  • Lt. Colonel Kimberly Scott, U.S. Air Force; Alaska Airlines Pilot; USAF Academy Graduate, pilot of C-17A and KC-135R including combat and combat support.
  • Captain Joellen Drag Oslund, U.S. Navy (R), 4th woman to earn Naval Aviator wings and helicopter, 1974
  • Captain Lucy Burwell Young, U.S. Navy (R) 14th woman to earn Naval Aviator wings, 1977; US Airways pilot
  • Commander Carol Skiber, U.S. Navy (R), 41st woman to earn Naval Aviator wings 1980; Southwest Airlines pilot
  • Lt. Colonel Samantha Weeks, U.S. Air Force; USAF Thunderbird pilot 2007; combat pilot in F-15C; currently with NORAD/USNORTHCOM
  • Lt. Colonel Jennifer Cress, U.S. Air Force; AWACS pilot including as part of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH and Operation ENDURING FREEDOM.
  • Suzette Umphrey McComas, Utah ANG, Senior Refueling Boom Operator; Southwest Airlines Pilot.
  • Patricia Beckman, U.S. Navy (Retired).
  • Colonel Sandra Opeka, U.S. Air Force Reserves (Retired).
  • Colonel Nancy Sumner, U.S. Air Force Reserves (Retired).
  • SmSgt. Gina L. Louis, U.S. Air Force Reserves. W
  • Wendy Cooper, U.S. Air Force (Retired).
  • Connie Tobias, U.S. Airways/American Airlines Captain.
  • Kate Landdeck, Historian, Texas Women's University (archive of the the WASP)

Pictures from the Parade, and Before


  • THANKS to the WASHINGTON POST and LA Times, including many local newspapers and news organizations all over the nation, from Florida, Texas and California, including LA local TV, for running a story on our efforts in early November which enabled us to make our initial deadline. . . .
  • Please watch and share this stunning New Video on WASP!
  • On Veteran's Day your local PBS television station presented a wonderful new documentary entitled "We Served Too" telling the story of the WASP and why we need to tell this inspiring story of service and patriotism - (more info)