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[WASP Training Base Historic Marker Inscription]

Description: Typed text of an inscription for a WASP training base historic marker, at Avenger Field. Also included are details for the planned location for the marker, the marker's material, and dimensions for the inscription's lettering.
Date: February 20, 1972
Creator: Texas State Historical Survey Committee
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Mine Warfare Training Certificate]

Description: Distinguished graduate certificate for the completion of "Mine Warfare Basic Fire Fighting Training" at the Mine Warfare Training Center. Both the certificate and its folder have the logo of the training center that is an open book with the words, "Forging the path through knowledge", surrounding it.
Date: April 20, 2001
Creator: Mine Warfare Training Center
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Scrapbook Page: Russian Soldiers who visited our station]

Description: Photographs of Russian soldiers who visited Dan Melli's station in Rüsselsheim, Germany. The first photo shows a mustached man standing at the corner of a building. A sign indicating the dispensary points forward near his head. The photo on the bottom left shows eight uniformed Russian soldiers standing together and posing for the camera. The final photo shows Russians gathered around a vehicle. The three men to the left are looking into the vehicle, while two men on the right look toward the c… more
Date: August 20, 1945
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[R. Natopi, Dan Melli, and Johns Crouching Near Student Quarters at Camp Barkeley]

Description: Photograph of men identified as R. Natopi, Dan Melli, and Johns crouching on grass in front of a student quarters on Camp Barkeley, Texas. The men are wearing lightly colored buttoned shirts and slacks. The building behind them is wooden, has four visible windows, and has a short stairway leading to the entrance on the right.
Date: May 20, 1944
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, May 20, 1943]

Description: Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. on May 20, 1943. He discusses a woman back home who got married suddenly, as well as the son of a friend who came back from Japan recently. He says that Wilbur Crawford is also in Africa, and he wishes they could spend time together.
Date: May 20, 1943
Creator: Willis, John Todd, Jr.
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, March 20, 1943]

Description: Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. on March 20, 1943. He reports his arrival in Africa, as well as the delivery of 35 of his parents' letters. He expresses his wish that his friends still in the U.S. would wait as long as they could to join the army, including his cousin Jimmie Kendrick.
Date: March 20, 1943
Creator: Willis, John Todd, Jr.
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, June 20, 1944]

Description: Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. on June 20, 1944. Churchill recently said that victory was getting closer, and Willis hopes that he will be home this year or the next spring. A boy from a ranch in Texas spent the night with Willis. He also received a long letter from a friend, Joe S. Lattimore, who said that medical school was difficult.
Date: June 20, 1944
Creator: Willis, John Todd, Jr.
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, October 20, 1943]

Description: Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis Sr. on October 20, 1943. His outfit has been confined to their area because a soldier didn't salute a colonel. He promises to send some pictures home, and asks them to send him another fountain pen and some canned food.
Date: October 20, 1943
Creator: Willis, John Todd, Jr.
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Letter from the American Red Cross to Suzette Van Daell, January 20, 1945]

Description: Letter from Personnel Correspondent Grace L. Russel from the American Red Cross to Suzette Van Daell discussing her recent inquiry about possibly employment. It includes several pages listing the various employment opportunities as well as an employment application for Miss Van Daell to fill out and submit should she be interested in a position. It also includes the envelope the letter was enclosed in.
Date: January 20, 1945
Creator: Russell, Grace L.
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

Your Body in Flight

Description: Textbook titled "Your Body in Flight" or Technical Order No. 00-25-13, created July 20, 1943 by authority of the Commanding General of the Army Air Forces.
Date: July 20, 1943
Creator: Army Air Forces
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Joe B. Plosser and Charles A.Prince to Commanding General, Central Flying Training Command, May 20, 1944]

Description: Letter from Plosser and Prince to the Commanding General at the Central Flying Training Command in Randolph Field, Texas discussing Plosser and Prince's "application for reinstatement as civilian operators of training program, Avenger Field, Sweetwater, Texas," as reads the subject line of the letter.
Date: May 20, 1944
Creator: Plosser, Joseph B. & Prince, Charles A.
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum
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