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[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, June 11, 1945]

Description: Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, most likely to her mother, discussing her time on Oahu with friends at different clubs, her friend's photography, meeting a woman from her hometown who was returning from the South Pacific, and shipping some things home. It is written on Burlington Hotel (Washington D.C.) stationary.
Date: June 11, 1945, 7:00 p.m.
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Red Cross Workers in Barracks]

Description: Photograph of seven Red Cross workers in their accommodations, with the woman in the bottom right ironing. Cornelia Yerkes lies on a lower bunk at center. There are various parts of luggage and articles of clothes scattered around the room.
Date: 1945-06~
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. and Frances Yerkes, June 2, 1945?]

Description: Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes to her parents discussing letters, ferrying a P-51, catching up with a fellow WASP from Brownsville, being the first WASP to deliver a P-51 to Kansas City, a check she mailed, and other work and family related items. Written on Braniff Airways stationary.
Date: 1945-06-02?
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Red Cross Workers in Barracks]

Description: Photograph of eight Red Cross women in their quarters, most dressed for bed. One woman is lying in a sheet on a bunk, another stands to her right, and the rest are sitting around a bed in the back; Cornelia Yerkes is lying nearest the corner. Their uniforms hang on the window and wall behind them, and there are various items scattered around the room.
Date: 1945-06~
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, June 11, 1945]

Description: Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing finances, her ex-husband's house, the Red Cross Canteen at Hickam Field, going to a dance with Air Corps officers, finding a kitten, Red Cross worker living arrangements and schedules, and getting a driver's license. Written on Red Cross stationary.
Date: June 11, 1945
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, June 17, 1945?]

Description: Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, possibly to her mother, discussing receiving her driver's license with help from the recipient, driving across Oahu, work and related events, lack of free time, finding a particular book in the library, amenities at an officer's club, and taking a boat around Pearl Harbor. Written and typed on Red Cross stationary.
Date: 1945-06-17?
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum
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