New York Council Navy League Directors and Advisory Committee Members will join American Legion Post 754 to honor 50 Years of Female Naval Aviators. This event is being held in conjunction with the U.S. Open's celebration of female Naval aviators at this year's LT Joe Hunt Military Appreciation Day on September 2.

Speakers will include:

• VADM (Sel.) Shoshana Chatfield, USN, a Naval Aviator who recently completed her tour as President of the Naval War College

• CAPT Joellen Drag Oslund, USN (Ret.), who earned her "Wings of Gold" in 1974 as the U.S. Navy's first female helicopter pilot

• and invited guest Linda Thomas-Greenfield, United States Ambassador to the United Nations