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Sally Keil, herself a pilot and a niece of a WASP, spent five years interviewing former WASPs throughout the country o have them re-live the excitement of those years of service to their country, a service that went for more than 30 years unappreciated and unrecognized by the Government. For as the war drew to a close and male pilots returned home to become available for the jobs the WASPs were doing, Congress peremptorily disbanded the corp and the women were told to go home. Not until 1977, were the WASPs given official veterans' standing with the signing of such a bill by President Carter. THOSE WONDERFUL WOMEN IN THEIR FLYING MACHINES includes photographs of the WASPs in training and in action, and is published on March 1st. February 20, 1979 TRV, W, A, B, SR Further information: Carolyn Anthony or Gwenn Mayers THOSE WONDERFUL WOMEN IN THEIR FLYING MACHINES is available at your local bookstore or can be ordered (at $10.95 + 750 postage & handling) from Rawson, Wade Publishers.