Today’s Star Spangled Salute honors World War II Veteran and Wichita Native Staff Sergeant Katie Conkling. Katie is a 1939 graduate of East High School. After school she was going to look for work in Wisconsin but instead was called to join the Women’s Army Corps. Sworn in just 9 months after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Katie found herself stationed at Hickam Field Hawaii and remembers in detail caring for wounded soldiers. After her military career Katie married a B-26 pilot and had two children. Katie went on to be a pilot herself, a braille transcriber and later picked up bee keeping. Katie has always believed her military career gave her a good foundation and thinks everyone should experience it. Well, today is Katie’s 100th Birthday so Happy Birthday Katie and THANK YOU for your service.
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