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Hazel Ying Lee, born in Portland, Oregon, earned her pilot’s license at the age of 19. She went to China in 1933 to become a pilot for the Chinese Air Force but was rejected because of her sex. Returning to the United States, Lee later joined the…

Following the December 7, 1941, Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the U.S. government, because of a perceived national security risk, rounded up 120,000 American citizens of Japanese descent and sent them to Mid-West and West Coast internment camps.…

In 1942, Charity (Adams) Earley became the first Black commissioned officer in the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC), later the Women’s Army Corps (WAC). In 1944, the WAC selected Earley commanding officer of the 6888th Central Postal Directory…