[Program: Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony in Honor of Women Airforce Service Pilots]

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Program for the Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony honoring the WASPs, outlining the events of the ceremony and listing the persons involved. The front cover has the seal of the United States on it, and there is a gold rope and tassel around the program.

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1 card ; 24 x 30 cm., folded to 24 x 15 cm.

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Creator: Unknown. March 2010.

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This pamphlet is part of the collection entitled: National WASP WWII Museum and was provided by the National WASP WWII Museum to The Portal to Texas History, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries. It has been viewed 138 times. More information about this pamphlet can be viewed below.

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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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  • Main Title: [Program: Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony in Honor of Women Airforce Service Pilots]
  • Series Title: Peggy Ward Collection

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Program for the Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony honoring the WASPs, outlining the events of the ceremony and listing the persons involved. The front cover has the seal of the United States on it, and there is a gold rope and tassel around the program.

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1 card ; 24 x 30 cm., folded to 24 x 15 cm.

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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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[Program: Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony in Honor of Women Airforce Service Pilots], pamphlet, March 2010; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth887830/: accessed June 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting National WASP WWII Museum.

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