Former WASP to Receive Honor

Tools

By Nicole Grigg

Story Published: Sep 6, 2010 at 3:55 PM MST

Story Updated: Sep 7, 2010 at 10:25 AM MST

BILLINGS - A Billings World War II aviator will receive the highest civilian honor for her military service, eight years after her death.

Marjorie Logan Rolle was a women air force service pilot, or WASP. She passed away in 2002, but Tuesday her husband will receive the congressional gold medal on her behalf.

The ceremony will be Tuesday morning at 10:30 at the Billings Logan International Airport, which is named after Marjorie’s father Dick Logan. The airport is the site of the family's homestead.

“These women went out there and flew airplanes, trained and did the same things everyone else did in the air force, now we have the opportunity to honor them with the Congressional Medal of Honor,” said Senator Jon Tester.

About 1,100 civilian female pilots were recruited by the air force in 1942. They performed domestic duties like testing newly developed aircraft. In March, about 300 surviving WASPs were honored for their service, but Logan Rolle's family was unable to attend.

Add a comment

Name:

Comment: 1000 Characters Left

KULR-8 News, Sports, Weather and its affiliated companies are not responsible for the content of comments posted or for anything arising out of use of the above comments or other interaction among the users. We reserve the right to screen, refuse to post, remove or edit user-generated content at any time and for any or no reason in our absolute and sole discretion without prior notice, although we have no duty to do so or to monitor any Public Forum.

Your Weather Authority

Current Temp 17.0 °F
Light Snow
Wind : Northeast at
11.5 mph
Humidity : 92 %
Pressure : 30.27 in
More Weather

Party America Sky Cam

More Weather

On Demand

YouNews

This content requires the latest Adobe Flash Player and a browser with JavaScript enabled. Click here for a free download of the latest Adobe Flash Player.

Links We Like