| 词条 | Ola Mildred Rexroat |
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|name = Ola Mildred Rexroat |image = Ola Mildred Rexroat.jpg |image_size = 200px |caption = Ola Mildred Rexroat | nickname = Sexy Rexy, Millie |birth_date = {{birth date|mf=yes|1917|8|28}} | death_date = {{death date and age|2017|6|28|1917|8|29}} | branch = Women Airforce Service Pilots United States Air Force Air Force Reserve Command |birth_place = Ogden, Kansas, United States |death_place = Hot Springs, South Dakota, United States |otherwork = aviator, USAF Air Traffic controller | serviceyears = 1942– |awards = Congressional Gold Medal }}Ola Mildred Rexroat (August 28, 1917 – June 28, 2017) was the only Native American woman to serve in the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP).[1][2] She joined after high school and had the dangerous job of towing targets for aerial gunnery students.[3] After that she joined the Air Force, where she served for ten years as an air traffic controller.[2][3][4] In 2007 she was inducted into the South Dakota Aviation Hall of Fame.[5] She was an Oglala Sioux from the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.[6] She earned a bachelor's degree in art from the University of New Mexico in 1939.[7][8] Rexroat died in June 2017 at the age of 99.[9] References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://rapidcityjournal.com/news/last-surviving-south-dakota-wasp-sexy-rexy-recalls-world-war/article_a61be93c-ed44-11df-8e3e-001cc4c002e0.html|title=Last surrviving South Dakota WASP, 'Sexy Rexy', recalls World War II service|author=Nick Penzenstadler Journal staff|work=Rapid City Journal}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Rexroat, Ola Mildred}}2. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.thespectrum.com/story/news/local/mesquite/2015/06/11/wasp-filled-colorful-pilots/71073606|title=WASP filled with colorful pilots|date=June 11, 2015|work=St. George News|accessdate=July 3, 2017}} 3. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2014/04/03/warriors-heart-some-native-women-who-served-military-154298|title=Warriors at Heart: Some of the Native Women Who Served in the Military|work=indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com|accessdate=July 3, 2017}} 4. ^{{cite book|author=William C. Sturtevant|title=Handbook of North American Indians: Indians in contemporary society|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z1IwUbZqjTUC&pg=PA13|year=1978|publisher=Government Printing Office|isbn=978-0-16-080388-8|pages=13–}} 5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.wingsacrossamerica.us/news/rexroat.html|title=WASP OLA REXROAT|publisher=wingsacrossamerica.us|accessdate=July 3, 2017}} 6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.womensmemorial.org/Education/NAHM.html|title=Women In Military Service For America Memorial|publisher=womensmemorial.org|accessdate=July 3, 2017|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161015151127/http://www.womensmemorial.org/Education/NAHM.html|archivedate=October 15, 2016|df=}} 7. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.lakotacountrytimes.com/news/2014-11-13/Headlines/NATIVE_WOMEN_VETERANS.html|title=NATIVE WOMEN VETERANS|publisher=lakotacountrytimes.com|accessdate=July 3, 2017}} 8. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.blackhillsfox.com/home/headlines/WWII-WASP-with-Pine-Ridge-roots--A-Long-the-Way-370746721.html|title=WWII WASP with Pine Ridge roots: "A Long the Way"|first=Steve|last=Long|publisher=blackhillsfox.com|accessdate=July 3, 2017}} 9. ^Ola Rexroat-McDonald obituary, legacy.com; accessed July 3, 2017. 14 : 1917 births|2017 deaths|Aviators from Kansas|Aviators from South Dakota|American military personnel of World War II|American women in World War II|Congressional Gold Medal recipients|Lakota people|People from the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, South Dakota|People from Riley County, Kansas|Women Airforce Service Pilots|University of New Mexico alumni|Female aviators|American female aviators |
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