In performing these missions, the woman effectively replaced male pilots, who could be utilized in combat roles.

[2] Betty's father helped Tackaberry get back to his ship, though they had to hide in the Pearl Harbor gatehouse until the second raid ended.

Tackaberry and Betty were then later married by the navy chaplain who penned "Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition", a popular wartime phrase/song.

[3] A few months after the Pearl Harbor attack, she was recruited by Jackie Cochran into the effort to form the WASPs.

[citation needed] Her book, High on Life; Rebel, WASP, was supposed to have been published in December 2007 but publication was postponed.