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Zontian pilot Jacqueline Cochran was presented with the Distinguished Service Medal by U.S. Army Air Forces General H. H. Arnold in 1945


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Title

Zontian pilot Jacqueline Cochran was presented with the Distinguished Service Medal by U.S. Army Air Forces General H. H. Arnold in 1945

Subject

Cochran, Jacqueline
Arnold, Henry Harley, 1886-1950
Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.)--Management
Test pilots
Women in aeronautics
Women--Societies and clubs--History

Description

Woman pilot Jacqueline Cochran was only woman to receive Distinguished Service Medal (DSM), the highest non-combat award presented by the United States government, for her wartime service as director of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP)

Source

Buffalo courier express

Publisher

State University of New York at Buffalo

Date

1959-02-15

Rights

For educational and non-commercial uses only.

Format

Image/jpeg

Type

Still Image

Identifier

LIB-023_239ZontaJacquelineCochranFlyerHonoredE19590215_001

Date Created

2016-05-01

Is Part Of

Zonta International Collection
LIB-023

Original Format

Photographs
Newspapers

Citation

“Zontian pilot Jacqueline Cochran was presented with the Distinguished Service Medal by U.S. Army Air Forces General H. H. Arnold in 1945,” Digital Collections - University at Buffalo Libraries, accessed April 19, 2024, https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/items/show/96513.