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[Aircraft Delivery Orders #2]

Description: Orders for several Air Force and WASP pilots to ferry planes from Love Field in Dallas, Texas to Moultrie, Georgia, San Antonio, Texas, and Fort Worth, Texas. The three WASP pilots are Gayle D. Ewing, Nadine B. Ramsey, and Helen A. Turner.
Date: August 24, 1944
Creator: 555th Army Air Forces Base Unit - 5th Ferrying Group
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Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Citizen Patriot Award]

Description: Certificate issued to the WASP "in recognition of their dedication, exemplary service and personal sacrifice" (line 6). It is signed in blue ink by Albert C. Zapanta, Chairman of the Reserve Forces Policy Board.
Date: September 24, 2002
Creator: Reserve Forces Policy Board
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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
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Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[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

[Clipping: WASP Bill Should Be Signed by 11-26]

Description: Full page from the Stars and Stripes featuring a column by Patricia Collins Hughes discussing the status of the WASP bill. The page also contains a column written by the chairman of the NAVPA and three articles. The reverse of the page includes the newspaper's masthead, letters to the editor, and an editorial about GI education.
Date: November 24, 1977
Creator: Hughes, Patricia Collins
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Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: "WASP's Only Footnote to USAF History Now"]

Description: Newspaper clipping from The Sentinel-Record titled "WASP's only footnote to USAF history now" written by Don Thomason. It discusses the advanced the training the Women Airforce Service Pilots went through and their sacrifices, only for none of them to receive proper military recognition, government insurance, or familial compensation for the 38 WASPs lost in service. It also discusses Col. Bruce Arnold's failed attempt at getting WASP-centered bills passed through Congress and the death of Nanc… more
Date: October 24, 1976
Creator: Thomason, Don & Brown, Vivian
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Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Draft of Letter to WASP Membership]

Description: Draft of a letter from the WASP Board of Directors to the WASP membership discussing the organization's future. The board explains why it wants to hire an executive director to manage the group's administrative affairs, how such an arrangement would work, and how the position would be funded.
Date: May 24, 2006
Creator: Bosca, Caro Bayley
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Partner: National WASP WWII Museum
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