Valiant Women by Lena Andrews Grumman LaGuardia Airport was conceived in

LaGuardia Airport was conceived in the mid-1930s as New York City mayor Fiorello LaGuardia realized the need for a great airport for one of the world's great cities

and Suffolk Counties dating between the mid-1920s and 1940

The first aircraft of this type were delivered to airlines in 2017

When NASA was pressured to fly more often and at greater risk

a crewmate uttered the now iconic words

Valiant Women by Lena Andrews Grumman LaGuardia Airport was conceived inWritten by Lena Andrews, Valiant Women: The Extraordinary Servicewomen Who Helped Win WWII tells the story of the 350,000 American women who served in uniform during World War II. These incredible women served in every service branch, in every combat theater, and in nearly two thirds of the available military occupations at the time. They were pilots, codebreakers, ordnance experts, gunnery instructors, metalsmiths, chemists, translators, parachute