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[Clipping: Saved From Official Fate]

Description: Newspaper clipping of the article, "Saved From Official Fate," which discusses how General Henry H. Arnold advocated for the continued existence of WASPs within the armed forces, the ways in which WASPs outperformed male pilots, and profiles several pilots including Hazel Ying Lee, Jacqueline Cochran, and Paula Loop.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: Unnecessary and Undesirable?]

Description: Newspaper clipping of an article titled, "Unnecessary and Undesirable?" and photo of Jacqueline Cochran addressing a group of WASPs in front of a plane. The article discusses the arguments for an against the continued existence of WASPs being weighed by the United States Congress.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes October 20, 1945]

Description: Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing her frustration with the Red Cross, preparing to open a new club for enlisted men, getting transferred to Aganus, her work schedule, and friends. Typed on The Neil House (Columbus, OH) stationary.
Date: October 20, 1945
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

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

Description: Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing being awoken to take over a midnight shift at the Red Cross canteen, typing reports, meeting a friend on Guam, events in China, a pay raise, Red Cross resignations, and getting a raft from some Marines. Written on Red Cross stationary.
Date: 1945-11-17?
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, August 7, 1945]

Description: Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing remaining with the Red Cross on Guam, stories from an indigenous woman about the Japanese occupation, going to a dance, talking with aviators, life on Guam, photos, and Red Cross staffing.
Date: August 7, 1945
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Frances Yerkes, October 11, 1945]

Description: Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to her mother discussing work, pictures from occupied Japan, finding a florist/landscaper on Guam, a B-29 pilot who named his plane "City of Jacksonville," recreating, taxes, her dislike of how the Red Cross is managed and an overabundance of workers; the remainder is difficult to read. Typed on Red Cross stationary.
Date: October 11, 1945
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, August 21, 1945]

Description: Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing a Life Magazine article on Guam, bonds and finances, the end of hostilities with Japan, a visit from an admiral, a friend trying to get in touch, withdrawal of Marines, recent work, indoor flooding, sewing panties from cloth maps, running a "bulletin board of the air," swimming, and her friend Phyllis. Typed on Red Cross stationary.
Date: August 21, 1945
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum
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