 However, that status did not allow her to have access to basic services other veterans could receive, such as healthcare or banking benefits from the USAA.In 2018 she successfully sued the US Air Force to change her status to “honorable”, making her eligible for all veterans benefits, including access to healthcare from the US Department of Veterans Affairs and burial in a national cemetery.In January 2018 she decided to donate her album of photographs to the Smithsonian, to be featured in the National Air and Space Museum.