Discrimination In The Army Air Force (WASP)

In 1942 the United States was a shortage of pilots so women were trained to fly military aircraft so men can be released for combat duty overseas. Women can fight the controls of a B-17 in heavy weather as well as men. More than 1,100 young women are all civilian volunteers. Women use were train to shoot a air gunner with live ammunition. The WASP expected to

In 1944-1945, thousands of women joined the German army. During World War II, more and more girls joined the Luftwaffe under German’s control (“The Role of Women in Nazi Germany”). They replaced men, who were transferring to the Army to bear arms instead of driving planes against the advancing Allied forces. In the Luftwaffe, women operated

During World War II, the United States had a shortage of pilots, and the leaders decided to train women to fly military aircraft so male pilots could be released for combat duty overseas. The group of female pilots was called the Women Airforce Service Pilots, WASP for short. Young women between the ages of twenty-one to thirty-five, all civilian volunteers, flew almost every type of military aircraft but were not considered to be formally militarized. The program began in 1942, and was closed by 1944. But within this time frame, the female pilots flew sixty million miles in every military aircraft and thirty-eight died while serving their country as Army Air Corps arsenal. It wasn’t until many years later that the WASPS were finally given acknowledgement of their services and recognized as veterans of war.

In addition to women taking over jobs in industrialization, women also began to take jobs in the military. Approximately 350,000 American women joined the military during World War II. Women worked as nurses, drove trucks, repaired airplanes, and performed clerical work to free men from combat. Simultaneously, women also joined the Women’s Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs). These women flew planes from factories to military bases. Records show that a lot of these women died during combat or captured as prisoners, while flying planes. Women demonstrated courage solely by flying

Each day in the United States, there is some type of event that illustrates prejudice and discrimination. This is not a good thing for our country and needs to be put to an end. In Huntsville, Alabama there are several things that have happened over the past year that involve discrimination. Two main stories that come to mind are an Indian grandfather who was attacked by a Madison City police officer and the Department of Justice rezoning the Huntsville City schools.

Even as a man, he truly believed that WASP members did a good job and proved themselves. Albert Speer, Adolph Hitler’s weapons production chief, said: “How wise you were to bring your women into your military labor force. Had we done that initially as you did, it could well have affected the whole course of the war. We would have found out as you did, that women are equally effective, and for some skills, superior to males (Holmes, 1998)”. Speer is giving his opinion about women's participation in World War II.

     In 1943 there was a U.S. male pilot shortage. In August, the WASPS (Women Airforce Service Pilots), were formed to aid the shortage. For the most part the WASPS weren’t used for actually fighting. They were used mainly used for ferrying bomber and fighter planes from factories to airbases. Even in the Airforce, while helping the men, women were still antagonized by the men. The WASPS lasted only for one year and in 1944, when the male pilot shortage ended, a proposal to make the WASPS a part of the Airforce was submitted. The

In 1942 the Women’s Army Corps was introduced. These women worked in more than 200 non- combatant jobs stateside and also every part of the war. They served not only as common nurses but also “within the ranks of the United States Army.” There was also the Women’s Army Corps introduced in 1942. This group of 1,100 women was asked to join and fly military aircraft, due to the shortage of pilots. Their job was to fly from factories to military bases and also different take off points around the country. Even though during their enlistment the WASP were supposed to become part of the military, after a couple years the program was cancelled. The last group the, Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service, was already established. After being absent for twenty-three years, they had to be reactivated because of WW2. While a large portion of these women did the job of secretarial and clerical they had other jobs they did. Thousands of WAVES performed duties in aviation, medical professions, communication, intelligence, science and technology. These military jobs and the other non-traditional jobs the women participated in made them almost like a ghost in their home front.

Being a United States Army wife, I can validate the regulatory methods in which the Army enforces to ensure fair and equitable treatment for all service members. As a government agency, compliance is heavily monitored and resources are readily available for those who encounter discrimination. Gender, especially of women, is one of the most common forms of discrimination when determining promotional rank, participating in combat missions, and employment opportunities with salaries comparable to men (Rogers, 1990). The Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) is designed to assist those who serve in the military, an opportunity to reintegrate back into civilian work and remain attached to the workforce (Karin, 2016). This law also provides protection from discrimination due to serving the military, and dismissing service members without a justifiable cause within a predetermined period of time, in which is typically 180 days (Karin, 2016). Returning to civility in itself can be traumatic for service members, and adding the barrier of discrimination causes even more harm. There are also laws that allow preference to veterans for admission to college and employment opportunities, to assist with the transition. These laws are an effort to ensure that veterans do not encounter discrimination when returning to civility. Also, due to limitations on utilizing education benefits within a specified timeframe, veterans risk losing benefits earned while sacrificing their lives for our country.

1. Welcome to the military, African-Americans, where there is no shortage of segregation. Walter Morris is named the first Sergeant, in charge of the service company of TPS (Stone & Bryan, 2013). Paratroopers have only been training three years prior at Fort Benning, Georgia (Stone & Bryan, 2013). Service Company, all blacks, were in charge of guard and common assistance, like sweeping, mopping, dusting, etc, their hours were 4pm-8am (Stone & Bryan, 2013). Morris thought they were never treated right, spirit, and moral is down because of this.

During the course of history our society has faced, and continues to face, various forms of discrimination based on sex, race, religion, age, and the like. Obviously, times have changed since the WASPS era, and they continue to change in order to adapt to the growing diversity of our society. Unfortunately, for the women serving our country as members of the WASPS, I wish their recognition would have come at a more opportune time, so as to coincide with their male colleagues. However, I don’t think that the military intentionally intended to tarnish the service of these women by failing to recognize them. Social roles for men and women were considerably different during the time of World War II, and the formation of the WASPS was a drastic departure from the norm.

Throughout the story you will come to the conclusion that racism is unfortunately not frowned upon. The great depression took a huge toll on everyone. It did not matter how rich or how poor you were. In the novel, “To Kill A Mockingbird,” by Harper Lee, The main character scout, is a little girl that doesn’t judge people by the color of their skin.

In her book on the female combat pilots of the Soviet Union 's air force in World War II, former US Air Force intelligence officer turned historian Reina Pennington meets the war on the eastern front at an intersection of women 's history, military history, and Soviet social history. Wings, Women, and War is the first scholarly survey of this topic, and it covers these units ' formation, training, performance, and post-war demobilization. The book 's foreword author, eastern front historian John Erikson called it a "behavioral, institutional, and operational" study of women pilots throughout the Second World War. Though at some points Pennington struggles to balance her coverage from each of those angles, Wings, Women, and War is still a rich and useful study that disengages with present-day politics and agendas and embraces the nuances and complexity of its subjects.

It was December 7, 1941, when an unexpected attack on Pearl Harbor had decisively altered the United States involvement in WWII. The massive deployment of troops, support, and resources necessary to carry out operations within the war had greatly changed the foundation of America. It was a time for all Americans to stand up and contribute to the war effort, including our women and children. Women began working in unorthodox positions, from the common laborers and mechanics to the uncommon war support pilot. The Woman Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) were America’s first female aviators to fly in direct support of military operations during the war. The development and implementation of the WASP’s would prove to have directly influenced the war

The female stereotypes I found on this article that still challenge the women oppression today, is that women do not allow to take a flying courses The main reason women do not allow to take flying course is that the flying course was dominated by the male. They doesn’t consider it that that women hah the ability to operate air plane. For example, in our societies today many toddler girls are playing with doll while the boys are playing the with the airplanes toy. Betty and veronica characterless shows that flying training is about the determinations and sacrifice. The basic reason why female were intimidate to getting in flying course is because, men think that women can do more than them.