Soldiers from the 3d Infantry Regiment (the Old Guard) and a bugler from the Army Band, “Pershing’s Own” conduct modified military funeral honors for Army Air Forces Pvt. Miriam Rivkin in Section Q of Soldiers’ and Airmen’s Home National Cemetery, Washington, , February 11, 2021. Rivkin joined the Women’s Auxiliary Air Corps in 1943 and served for two years during WWII. She was one of the only female soldiers in the China-Burma-India theater of the war and served as a photographer. After she left the service, Rivkin had a 50-year career in the New York fashion indust
Soldiers from the 3d Infantry Regiment (the Old Guard) and a bugler from the Army Band, “Pershing’s Own” conduct modified military funeral honors for Army Air Forces Pvt. Miriam Rivkin in Section Q of Soldiers’ and Airmen’s Home National Cemetery, Washington, , February 11, 2021. Rivkin joined the Women’s Auxiliary Air Corps in 1943 and served for two years during WWII. She was one of the only female soldiers in the China-Burma-India theater of the war and served as a photographer. After she left the service, Rivkin had a 50-year career in the New York fashion industry. At the time she passed away, Rivkin was living at the Armed Forces Retirement Home in Northwest Washington, Rivkin’s son-in-law, Daniel Clark, received the flag from her casket.
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