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Mae Krier, 95, recently returned from a visit to Hawaii to participate in ceremonies marking the 80th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor.
LEVITTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Having helped vanquish the Nazis during World War II, Mae Krier, 95, of Levittown, Bucks County, went to work fighting COVID-19, proving there’s not a scourge that the overachievers of the Greatest Generation won’t take on.
When President Donald Trump signed into law Friday that the Congressional Gold Medal this year will be awarded to all the women who worked to support the military during World War II, Mae Krier, of Levittown, breathed a sigh of relief: Mission accomplished. The Rosie the Riveters would, at last, be honored and remembered for their service to country. “We finally got it. It’s official now,” Krier said. “We’re going down in history.” Since the early 1980s, Krier has been working to get the recognition for the women who sometimes put themselves in danger to build the armaments nee...