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[Clipping: Secret role of women fliers recalled]

Description: Newspaper clipping of an article about WASP being hidden from public knowledge, including the U.S. Department of Defense withholding veteran status from the women who served in WWII. The article includes a photograph of a group of young women in jumpsuits walking away from a small propeller plane. On the back of the clipping is a large advertisement for a sale, and part of an article about Fort Concho.
Date: November 24, 1991
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, September 24, 1944]

Description: Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. on September 24, 1944, apologizing for not writing recently. He explains that he hasn't been doing much, although he did go swimming with some other soldiers, and they saw a man spear some large fish. He expresses regret at not being home for dove season, and asks that his parents not send candy if they send him a Christmas box.
Date: September 24, 1944
Creator: Willis, John Todd, Jr.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

Local Radio Procedure for Avenger Field

Description: Procedural text for operating the local radio for Avenger Field. It gives instructions on how "to leave line," what to do during take off, what to do on a forty-five degree entry, and important tips.
Date: May 24, 1943
Creator: United States. Army Air Forces.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Plosser-Prince Air Academy to H. H. Arnold, May 24, 1943]

Description: Letter from Plosser-Prince Air Academy to Commanding General H. H. Arnold discussing the cancellation and replacement of Joe. B. Plosser and Charles A. Prince's contract with the United States Army Air Force in compliance with the District Attorney's office charges filed on April 3, 1943. Plosser and Prince ask that "new operators be held in abeyance pending the outcome of" their trial and request that General Arnold "initiate the proper steps toward [their] restoration as operators" of their f… more
Date: May 24, 1943
Creator: Plosser-Prince Air Academy
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from G. F. Buskie to Plosser-Prince Air Academy, March 24, 1943]

Description: Letter from G. F. Buskie to Plosser-Prince Air Academy discussing the appointment of a Defense Plant Corporation engineer to the Plosser-Prince Air Academy to oversee the expansion program approved by the Defense Plant Corporation Board of Directors two days previous. The bottom of the letter is initialed by J. B. Plosser.
Date: March 24, 1943
Creator: Buskie, G. F.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: Indio aviatrix put stamp on history]

Description: Newspaper clipping from the Daily Sun, "Indio aviatrix puts stamp on history" by Jan Curran discussing the new Jacqueline Cochran Pioneer Pilot stamp that will be issues in a public ceremony on March 9, 1996 in Indio, California. It also discusses Cochran's career and accomplishments.
Date: February 24, 1996
Creator: Curran, Jan
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum
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