World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Ruth Tolley Gwinn
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Lewisburg, West Virginia
Honored By
TSgt Henry J. Zasowski, Jr., USAF (Ret)
Relationship
Military Historian
WWII FLIGHT TRAINER. SHOT DOWN STEREOTYPES. ONE OF EIGHT INSTRUCTORS, AND THE LONE WOMAN, WHO TAUGHT A COURSE TO DETERMINE WHICH ARMY AIR CORPS CADETS WOULD MOVE ON TO ADVANCED FLIGHT TRAINING.