[Postcard from Elizabeth Wall Strohfus to Charlyne Creger, May 23, 1993]

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Postcard featuring a picture of WASP pilot, Elizabeth Wall Strohfus, sent from herself to Charlyne Creger. Handwriting on the postcard image reads, "All my love, Elizabeth" and "To Charlyne- With Love- Betty -".

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1 postcard : b&w ; 15 x 11 cm.

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Strohfus, Elizabeth Wall May 23, 1993.

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National WASP WWII Museum

Located at Avenger Field in Nolan County Texas, the WASP World War II Museum commits to preserving the legacy of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) of WWII. As a teaching museum, it features archives, exhibits, and oral histories that record a significant period in history when women dared to break barriers and contribute to victory.

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Postcard featuring a picture of WASP pilot, Elizabeth Wall Strohfus, sent from herself to Charlyne Creger. Handwriting on the postcard image reads, "All my love, Elizabeth" and "To Charlyne- With Love- Betty -".

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1 postcard : b&w ; 15 x 11 cm.

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"Women Air Force Service Pilots Elizabeth Wall Strohfus c.1944 1,074 Women Pilots flew during WWII;they ferried aircraft, flew practice gunnery targets, tested aircraft and instructed pilots and gunners."

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National WASP WWII Museum

Bringing the history of the Women Airforce Service Pilots to life, these archives represent the role of the flight school in training women pilots to fly military planes and show how WASPs responded socially and professionally to new challenges brought by war. Included are financial documents, photographs, scrapbooks, correspondence, pilots' logs, and flight manuals.

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Featuring thousands of newspapers, photographs, sound recordings, technical drawings, and much more, this diverse collection tells the story of Texas through the preservation and exhibition of valuable resources.

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World War Two Collection

These materials focus on World War II and the immediate postwar period of the late 1940s. In addition to materials created during the time period, materials may include modern studies and commemorative works about the era.

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  • May 23, 1993

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Strohfus, Elizabeth Wall. [Postcard from Elizabeth Wall Strohfus to Charlyne Creger, May 23, 1993], photograph, May 23, 1993; Saint Paul, Minnesota. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1169625/: accessed July 2, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting National WASP WWII Museum.

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