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[Clipping: S.A. Girl Gets WASP Wings]

Description: Newspaper clipping of an article about Eleanor Michel McLernon's graduation from the WASP flight school and Esther L. Stahr beginning her training for WASP flight school. The article includes close-up photographs of both women. There is part of a large advertisement on the back of the clipping.
Date: November 12, 1944
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Soldiers Lined Up Beside a Medical Station]

Description: Photograph of nine helmeted U.S. Army soldiers standing in a row beside a medical station. The station, left, is a structure with a single visible window and the image of a dark cross on a white square. The soldiers are visible from shoulders up. They are identified as Addock, Ewing, Lieutenant Ray, Nat, Leone, Dan, Quillman, Thomas, and Captain Halpern.
Date: November 1944
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Five Posing Soldiers Below a Building]

Description: Photograph of four uniformed U.S. Army soldiers posing among rocks and small shrubs that lie below large stone building. A cement stairway leads down from the building to the rocky area. The soldiers are identified from the top left as Dan Melli, Jackie, John, Davis, and Ross.
Date: November 1944
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Monsieur and Madame Forrestre in a Garden]

Description: Photograph of the elderly Monsieur and Madame Forrestre standing together in their garden on Rue Sauvage in Auffay, France. Monsieur Forrestre wears a flat cap, waistcoat, and pants while his wife wears a dark dress. Nathan Levine and Dan Melli billeted with the couple.
Date: November 19, 1944
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, November 17, 1944]

Description: Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. on November 17, 1944, about a visit he had from Robert, Jr., whom he had to go pick up from the air field. Wilbur Crawford promised to send Willis a fountain pen when he got back to his camp. Willis says it's still cold out, but they keep their stove on to stay warm. He also mentions getting a letter from Wilbur Crawford, who promised to send him a picture of his wife.
Date: November 17, 1944
Creator: Willis, John Todd, Jr.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, November 19, 1944]

Description: Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. on November 19, 1944, detailing his day. Since it was Sunday he slept late, and he says he may go to church that night. He also says that he got a call from a Lieutenant who told him he could have an Eversharp Lifetime pen that Robert Evans, Jr. sent with him.
Date: November 19, 1944
Creator: Willis, John Todd, Jr.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, November 7, 1944]

Description: Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. on November 7, 1944, hoping that he'll be back soon to go fishing. He also says that it's been cold, but it hasn't been raining. He also mentions that he had a letter from Robert Evans, Jr. and that they'll probably visit again soon.
Date: November 7, 1944
Creator: Willis, John Todd, Jr.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, November 12, 1944]

Description: Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. on November 12, 1944, telling them about a visit he had from some soldiers who are also from Waco. They went to the friend's camp and talked. Willis mentions that it's been very cold, so much so that he sleeps with four blankets and is still cold.
Date: November 12, 1944
Creator: Willis, John Todd, Jr.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, November 16, 1944]

Description: Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. on November 16, 1944. He took some of his friends to the club, and then went to someone's house and had sandwiches. His unit had to turn in some tents recently, including his, so now he's living in a different tent, but he likes the soldiers there.
Date: November 16, 1944
Creator: Willis, John Todd, Jr.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Pilots' Information File]

Description: Pilot's information file No. 24A from the United States War Department, A.A.F. approved on February 28, 1944. The file details pilot information and came in a brown envelope that reads "Pilots' Information File No. 14, Revision No. 14," dated November 1, 1944. On the back of the envelope is a detailed warning and rules to follow.
Date: November 1, 1944
Creator: United States Department of War
Item Type: Refine your search to only Legal Document
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Special Orders Number 99, Extract 1]

Description: Special Order from Sid C. Pinskton listing the names of women who completed the Women's Airforce Service Pilot (WASP) training program and are authorized to fly military aircraft.
Date: November 6, 1944
Creator: 2536D Army Air Forces Base Unit
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum
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