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Honor Roll World War II, Nolan County

Description: Photograph of a World War II veterans memorial in Sweetwater, Texas. The text on the center piece reads "Honoring all who served from Nolan County and dedicated to the everlasting memory of those who sacrifice their lives of the altar of freedom in World Wars I and II. Korea. Vietnam."
Date: August 7, 2005
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Location: 32.471031354024994 -100.40779452486879
Partner: UNT Libraries

[Aerial Photograph of Airport in Sweetwater #1]

Description: Aerial photograph of an airport with two major runways in Sweetwater, Texas. There are five clusters of buildings on the bottom and right sides of the intersecting runways, marked by small yellow dots with numbers on them. At the bottom of the photo, there is numbered text indicating the names of the different buildings, and larger text along the left side indicating the location of the airport.
Date: unknown
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Aerial Photograph of Sweetwater's Municipal Airport #3]

Description: Aerial photograph of Sweetwater's municipal airport, showing the runways and hangars. There is white text at the bottom of the photo identifying the location of the airport.
Date: unknown
Creator: Howell, Courtney Johnnie
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Photograph of Charlie Flucher]

Description: Photograph of Charlie Flucher standing in front of an airplane. Handwritten text on the back of the photograph: "Photo taken at Avenger Field - Dec. 1943. Charlie Flucher was a mechanic while WASP were here. This was one of 5 planes of which he was crew chief. Plane - Basic Trainer 13A."
Date: December 1943
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Sweetwater's Municipal Airport Hangar Building #2]

Description: Photograph of Sweetwater's Municipal Airport hangar, a large, metal building with the hangar's name in large letters on the front. There is a metal tower to the right of the hangar, and a long road going past the right of the building. Text at the bottom of the photo indicates the location and date of the photo. A note can be seen written on the back of the photo: "Sweetwater Municipal Airport- The first hangar built in 1929 on South side of the field. Photo taken in 1941".
Date: March 29, 1941
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Aerial Photograph of Airport in Sweetwater #2]

Description: Aerial photograph of an airport with two major runways in Sweetwater, Texas. There are five clusters of buildings on the bottom and right sides of the intersecting runways, marked by small yellow dots with numbers on them. At the bottom of the photo, there is numbered text indicating the names of the different buildings, and larger text along the left side indicating the location of the airport.
Date: unknown
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Class 44-9 Baymates]

Description: Photocopy of a group of WASP posed together in front of barracks at Avenger Field. Text printed beneath the photo reads, "Baymates, Class 44-9, in front of barracks at Avenger Field, Sweetwater, Texas."
Date: unknown
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Sweetwater's Municipal Airport Hangar Building #4]

Description: Photograph of Sweetwater's Municipal Airport hangar, a large, metal building with the hangar's name in large letters on the front. There is a metal tower to the right of the hangar, and a long road going past the right of the building. Text at the bottom of the photo indicates the location and date of the photo.
Date: March 29, 1941
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Sweetwater Municipal Airport Buildings]

Description: Photograph of two buildings on opposite side of a dirt road, surrounded by large fields of short grass. A larger dirt road runs past the buildings, in the foreground. There is text at the bottom that indicates the photo was taken by the War Department in 1941. There is also handwritten text on the back of the photo, indicating that the building is a First Operations Building.
Date: unknown
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Aerial Photograph of the Sweetwater Municipal Airport #2]

Description: Aerial photograph of Sweetwater's municipal airport, showing the runways and hangars. There is white text at the bottom of the photo identifying the location of the airport.
Date: unknown
Creator: Howell, Courtney Johnnie
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Aerial Photograph of Sweetwater Municipal Airport #1]

Description: Aerial photograph of Sweetwater's municipal airport, showing the runways and hangars. There is white text at the bottom of the photo identifying the location of the airport.
Date: unknown
Creator: Howell, Courtney Johnnie
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Sweetwater's Municipal Airport Hangar Building #1]

Description: Photograph of Sweetwater's Municipal Airport hangar, a large, metal building with the hangar's name in large letters on the front. There is a metal tower to the right of the hangar, and long road going past the right of the building. Text at the bottom of the photo indicates the location and date of the photo.
Date: unknown
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Sweetwater's Municipal Airport Hangar Building #3]

Description: Photograph of Sweetwater's Municipal Airport hangar, a large, metal building with the hangar's name in large letters on the front. There is a metal tower to the right of the hangar, and long road going past the right of the building. Text at the bottom of the photo indicates the location and date of the photo.
Date: March 29, 1941
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Photograph of Helen Snapp with Silver Corvette]

Description: Photograph of WASP wearing a dark blue WASP uniform standing to the left of a silver corvette , with people gathered in the background. The corvette has a sign in the front window that reads, "Helen Snapp WASP WWII." Handwritten text on the back of the photo indicates the woman is Helen Snapp, and that the photo was taken at Avenger Field in Sweetwater, Texas.
Date: May 2005
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Photograph of Helen Snapp with News Crew and Plane]

Description: Photograph of three WASP standing (with their backs to the camera) standing with a news camera man in front of an AT-6 on an airport tarmac. Behind the cameraman, a young blonde woman and a small blonde girl are standing close to the plane's left wing. A large green field can be seen in the background. Handwritten text on the back of the photo indicates the plane is an AT-6, and that one of the WASP is Helen Snapp, and possibly WASP Eddie Bishop.
Date: unknown
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Photograph of Helen Snapp in WASP Cut-Out]

Description: Photograph of Helen Snapp sticking her face through the circle in a board depicting a pilot with a parachute on their back. The pilot has been illustrated standing on an airport tarmac, with painted text reading. "Best Kept Secret of WWII!" Handwritten text on the back of the photo indicates the woman is WASP Helen Snapp, and that the photo was taken at Avenger Field in Sweetwater, Texas.
Date: May 2005
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Photograph of WASP at Avenger Field Statue Unveiling]

Description: Photograph of WASP gathered around The Graduate statue. Handwritten text on the back of the photo indicate the women are gathered for the statue unveiling and museum groundbreaking at Avenger Field, Sweetwater, Texas.
Date: May 2005
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Photograph of Two Women Sitting in Cockpit of Plane]

Description: Photograph of two women sitting in the cockpit of a plane, looking back towards the camera. Both are wearing headsets. A man shown from the shoulders up and wearing a headset is sitting closer to the camera, on the left. Handwritten text on the back of the photo indicates the two women, named Fran and Lauren, are at Avenger Field in Sweetwater, Texas for the groundbreaking of the WASP museum.
Date: May 2005
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Photograph of Sweetwater, Texas Municipal Airport]

Description: Photograph of an aerial view of a large swath of land. It contains a textbox at the bottom of the photograph with four lines of text; from top to bottom, it reads: "U.S. Engineer Office--War Department--Galveston, Texas," "Sweetwater, Texas Municipal Airport--C.A.A.," "Grading & Paving Operations - Looking S.E.--Feb. 13, 1942," and "Bell & Braden--Contract No. W-359-eng-3545 (CCA-4090)--April 9, 1941--Photo No. 5."
Date: February 13, 1942
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[T&P Train #807 in Sweetwater, Texas]

Description: Photograph of train #807 in Sweetwater, Texas. There is a small plume of smoke rising from the smokestack. Text beneath the image says "Sweetwater, Texas Feb 28th 1947" and "Charles E. Winters."
Date: February 28, 1947
Creator: Winters, Charles E.
Partner: The Grace Museum

[Train Depot in Sweetwater, Texas]

Description: Photograph of a train depot for the Texas & Pacific Railway in Sweetwater, Texas, viewed from a road. The building is a long, single-story brick building; there is a small tower in the center that has a bay window and a conical roof. Text in the upper-right corner says, "T&P Depot 1908 Sweetwater, Texas."
Date: 1908
Partner: The Grace Museum

[Trainee Sitting on Edge of Wishing Well]

Description: Photocopy of a Woman Airforce Service Pilot trainee sitting on the edge of a wishing well after being dunked in the water. Descriptive text is printed below the photo.
Date: unknown
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Control Tower at Avenger Field]

Description: Photograph of a control tower at Avenger Field with the text "Plosser-Prince Air Academy" on the front of it and a plane and two trucks visible on the left.
Date: 1940~/1949~
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Portrait of Fred H. Leonard in Uniform]

Description: Portrait of Fred H. Leonard with a uniform drawn on. The text on the bottom of the picture has information concerning his role in the military, his birth and death dates/locations, and the medals he won: "Fred H. Leonard, Co E. 27th Inf. Div. Born June 6, 1908, Roscoe, Texas Killed on Jan. 12, 1943 at [Guadalcanal] Purple Heart, Parents M. L. Leonards Roscoe, TX."
Date: unknown
Partner: Pioneer City County Museum
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