October 18, 2016
On May 30, 2014, President Barack H. Obama signed legislation awarding the Congressional Gold Medal to nearly 200,00 WWII CAP members.
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Alexandria: WWII Cadet Receives CAP Congressional Gold Medal
Haynes joined Civil Air Patrol in 1942.
It’s not everyday someone can say they’ve earned a pilot’s license before their driver’s license, or went on to join the U.S. Air Force and then attend MIT at their own expense. Such is the case of longtime Alexandria resident, mother of four, Elizabeth “Libby” Daggit Haynes, 89, a World War II Civil Air Patrol (CAP) Cadet.
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