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| | TIME.com: Girdled for War -- Jan. 29, 1951 -- Page 1 (Site not responding. Last check: ) |
 | | This meant that Molly (with Maine's Senator Margaret Chase Smith, who was also recently commissioned a lieutenant colonel) was outranked by no woman in the WAF except Colonel Geraldine May, WAF commander. |
 | | According to the original, or stuffy, Air Force plans, Molly was to be commissioned in a Pentagon reception room known, colloquially, as the "body shop." But when Molly arrived, it became immediately apparent that such a background was out of the question. |
 | | Molly was duly sworn and forthwith broke out a batch of champagne. |
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