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When President Donald Trump signed into law Friday that the Congressional Gold Medal this year will be awarded to all the women who worked to support the military during World War II, Mae Krier, of Levittown, breathed a sigh of relief: Mission accomplished.
The Rosie the Riveters would, at last, be honored and remembered for their service to country.
“We finally got it. It’s official now,” Krier said. “We’re going down in history.”
Since the early 1980s, Krier has been working to get the recognition for the women who sometimes put themselves in danger to build the armaments needed to support the American troops fighting overseas.