Arthur Elvin offered free admission to servicemen and servicewomen, and helped war charities. This service supports servicemen, servicewomen and their families at home and abroad. Her job was to help identify the remains of U.S. servicemen and servicewomen. All IPPT-eligible servicemen and servicewomen are assigned IPPT windows based on their birthdays. A central plaza in the park honor servicemen and servicewomen with plaques. Many Hispanic servicewomen served overseas during Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. Servicewomen live in woman-only apartments near the military bases. Warrant officer appointments for army servicewomen were authorized in January 1944. An unknown number of servicewomen received the award in World War II. Many of the servicewomen came from restricted backgrounds; therefore they found the army liberating. Four Greenfinches were killed as active servicewomen between 1974 and 1992. Equal pay was granted to servicewomen in 1979 and the WRANS was abolished in 1985. At its peak in 1944 it had 75,000 active servicewomen. In the AAF servicewomen became unofficially known as "Air WACs". Issues which affected other servicewomen also applied to Greenfinches.