ARLINGTON, Va. – The Army recognized Elaine Harmon Sept. 7, allowing her remains to be laid to rest with full military honors in Arlington National Cemetery, The New York Times reports.
According to a previous Herald report, Harmon, 95, of Silver Spring, Md. had been a member of the World War II Women’s Airforce Service Pilots (WASP). She died a month after then-Secretary of the Army John McHugh rescinded the right for WASP members to be buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
County freeholders presented Linda Harmon of Ocean City, Elaine Harmon’s daughter-in-law, with a proclamation June 14 recognizing what she did, along with her family, to appeal to Congress to make the Army change its position.
Due to their efforts, President Obama May 20 signed into law PL 114-158, which directs the Department of the Army to “ensure that the cremated remains of persons whose service has been determined to be active duty service pursuant to the GI Bill Improvement Act of 1977 are eligible for above ground inurnment in Arlington National Cemetery with full military honors.”
Elaine Harmon, her cremains in a carved wooden box, was honored with a three-volley salute, a color guard and the playing of Taps, while World War II-era warplanes flown by volunteers flew overhead.
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