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Archive Home > 2010 > March > 11 > Honoring ‘courage and patriotism'

Honoring ‘courage and patriotism'

Bend woman among WASPs awarded Gold Medal

By Keith Chu / The Bulletin
March 11, 2010

WASHINGTON — More than 60 years after Madelon Burcham Hill signed up to serve her country during World War II, she received one of the highest honors the federal government can give: a Congressional Gold Medal.

Hill, a 91-year-old Bend resident, traveled to Washington, D.C., this week to take....

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