new, a local woman s fight to honor her mother s memory. it s a story that starts in the south during world war ii and ends with a woman who died more than a month ago and hasn t been buried. reporter: during world war ii lieutenant louise lomack was one of the few african american to serve as a nurse. she hoped to be buried at arlington, her only child has been fighting to make it happen. this is my mother. she was in her early 20s here. reporter: she grew up in southern virginia and tried to join the army. her daughter said because of her race she had to fight to get in. she didn t talk a lot about it. i saw her scrap book. reporter: as that scrap book shows in 1943 she was assigned to an air base in alabama. she was discharged ten years later, got married stayed a nurse. as her health went down she and her daughter discussed her wishes. she said well, my first choice was arlington. reporter: many of the airmen are buried there but space is limited so there