▁W W II . ▁ ▁Her ▁work ▁directly ▁resulted ▁in ▁the ▁Women ▁Air force ▁Service ▁Pil ots ▁being ▁awarded ▁a ▁Cong r essional ▁Gold ▁Medal ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 0 , ▁she ▁accepted ▁the ▁award ▁on ▁beh alf ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 0 7 4 ▁W AS P ▁av i ators . ▁De anie ▁was ▁induct ed ▁into ▁the ▁W AI ▁P ione er ▁Hall ▁of ▁Fame ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 5 . ▁Par ish ▁has ▁been ▁highly ▁influ ential ▁in ▁the ▁efforts ▁to ▁get ▁the ▁work ▁of ▁the ▁W AS P ' s ▁recogn ised , ▁and ▁has ▁organ ised ▁several ▁websites , ▁written ▁books ▁and ▁created ▁initi atives ▁to ▁achieve ▁this . ▁ ▁The ▁medal ▁ceremony ▁on ▁capit ol ▁hill ▁was ▁attended ▁by ▁over ▁ 2 0 0 ▁surv iving ▁W AS P ▁personnel . ▁The ▁award ▁comes ▁ 6 5 ▁years ▁after ▁the ▁service ▁was ▁dis band ed . ▁The ▁W AS P ' s ▁( known ▁as ▁" fly ▁girls ") ▁were ▁volunte er ▁pil ots ▁who ▁fle w ▁military ▁aircraft ▁around ▁America ▁during ▁the ▁second ▁world ▁war ▁to ▁allow ▁more ▁US AF ▁pil ots ▁to ▁fly ▁front line ▁miss ions ▁in ▁Europe , ▁they ▁were ▁recogn ised ▁as ▁a ▁military ▁group ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 7 , ▁and ▁their ▁contribution ▁to ▁the ▁war ▁effort ▁recogn ised ▁with ▁the ▁Cong r essional ▁Gold ▁Medal ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 0 . ▁The ▁medal ▁was ▁presented ▁by ▁con gression al ▁officials ▁and ▁accepted ▁by ▁De anie ▁Par