She was assigned to help build B-26 airplane wings for the war effort in Illinois before she decided to enlist in the Marine Corps Women’s Reserve.

Connie Palacioz is Wichita’s own “Rosie the Riveter,” for volunteering at the B-29 Doc hangar ... Sometimes she will say, ‘I wasn’t a veteran like they were,’ but she did her work for the service and ...

As a woman with 10 years of military service as a helicopter pilot ... Women” in which she was featured as a real-life Rosie the Riveter. (Photo by Serena Neumeyer/Times of San Diego) Get ...

Rosie the Riveter became an inspiring symbol when posters ... In June 2024, she and Hutchinson Army veteran Olen Mitchell were one of just 150 people chosen for a trip to Normandy, France, to ...

The phrase "Rosie the Riveter" was first popularlized in a song ... was a Merchant Marine captain who transported military supplies across the Atlantic Ocean. "He was torpedoed three times ...

Connie Palacioz is Wichita’s own “Rosie the Riveter,” for volunteering at ... Sometimes she will say, ‘I wasn’t a veteran like they were,’ but she did her work for the service and ...