SAGLE, Idaho -- 19 female pilots who broke barriers during World War II got their own monument in North Idaho Saturday.
The monument can be found in the town of Sagle at the Bird Aviation Museum and Invention Center. The Monument is dedicated to women air force service pilots of World War II or WASP for short.
There were 1,400 selected for the program. Out of those 280 are alive today and 19 made it to Sagle for the dedication ceremony. The women flew in wartime service from 1942 to 1944 and were trained to fly everything from fighters and bombers to transport and training aircraft.
The museum's owner says she got inspired to have the monument built after traveling around the country to different museums. But she did not see any monuments or displays that celebrated the women of World War II.
For years the WASP records were sealed. Many people did not know much about the program. In March of this year, they were awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in Washington, D.C.
