Ola Mildred Rexroat
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Ola Mildred Rexroat
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| Nickname(s) | Sexy Rexy, Millie |
| Born |
August 29, 1917 Ogden, Kansas, United States |
| Service/branch |
Women Airforce Service Pilots United States Air Force Air Force Reserve Command |
| Years of service | 1942– |
| Awards | Congressional Gold Medal |
| Other work | aviator, USAF Air Traffic controller |
Ola Mildred Rexroat (born August 29, 1917) was the only Native American woman to serve in the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP). She joined them after high school and while with them she had the dangerous job of towing targets for aerial gunnery students. After that she joined the Air Force, where she served for ten years as an air traffic controller. In 2007 she was inducted into the South Dakota Aviation Hall of Fame. She was the last surviving WASP in South Dakota.
She was an Oglala Sioux from the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. She earned a bachelor's degree in art from the University of New Mexico in 1939. She lived until at least early 2016.
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