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[WASP Regular Board Meeting Minutes]

Description: Minutes from the WASP's regular board meeting held October 7, 2000 in Sweetwater, TX. Includes a list of members present and a summary of the business discussed and motions made during the meeting.
Date: October 7, 2000
Creator: Harmon, Elaine D.
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: Women pilots flew for their country]

Description: Page 2: Newspaper clipping of an article about a reunion of the WASPin Tucson, Arizona, and delving into WASP Eleanor "Mickey" Brown's experience as a female pilot. The article includes photos of Eleanor Brown, the author Jim Bishop, and a photo of Eleanor Brown perched on the wing of a plane. There are other articles on the back of the clipping, including two about car crashes.
Date: October 13, 2002
Creator: Bishop, Jim
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

WASP Timeline

Description: A timeline of major event involving the creation and existence of the Women Air force Service Pilots organization, printed from www.wasp-wwii.org.
Date: October 3, 2000
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from J. C. Peckarsky to Eleanor Brown, October 21, 1977]

Description: Letter from J. C. Peckarsky to Eleanor Brown in reply to Brown's letter to the President concerning veterans' benefits for members of the WASPs. He states that the Department of Defense alone has the authority to determine active duty status. He notes that if the WASPs' are ever awarded veterans' status, the Veterans Administration "will immediately carry out the provisions of the law."
Date: October 21, 1977
Creator: Peckarsky, J. C.
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: Flying fillies once occupied Liberty Field]

Description: Newspaper clipping of an article about members of WASP who were stationed at Liberty Field in Fort Stewart, Georgia during WWII. The article includes more details about Fort Stewart, and a photograph of Helen Snapp, Margery Moore, Bertha Mary Clifford, and Viola Thompson in flight jumpsuits, walking away from a small plane. The clipping includes other articles about the Fort Stewart and Hinesville, Georgia area, as well as local advertisements.
Date: October 23, 1987
Creator: Owens, Dianne
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Photograph of Nine WASP]

Description: Photograph of a group of nine WASP, including Helen Snapp, standing and sitting in front of a white backdrop. Some of the WASP are wearing white outfits with blue WASP scarves, while four of the WASP members are wearing their Santiago blue WASP uniforms.
Date: 1997-10~
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
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Photograph of Three WASP ]

Description: Photograph of three WASP , wearing Santiago blue WASP uniforms, leaning against the stone edge of a raised plant bed. All three women are wearing sunglasses and looking at the camera. In the background, a group of people is gathered on the left, while a statue of a plane is visible in the background on the right.
Date: 1997-10~
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum
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