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Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi of California congratulates the women who flew for the Women Airforce Service Pilots during World War II before all 1,102 of them receive the Congressional Gold Medal for their service at a cermony at the Capitol Visitor Center in Washington, D.C., March 10, 2010. Fewer than 300 pilots are surviving and more than half of them attended the ceremony.

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Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi of California congratulates the women who flew for the Women Airforce Service Pilots during World War II before all 1,102 of them receive the Congressional Gold Medal for their service at a cermony at the Capitol Visitor Center in Washington, D.C., March 10, 2010. Fewer than 300 pilots are surviving and more than half of them attended the ceremony.

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