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[Speech: Veteran Benefits for Individuals who Served in Civilian Capacity in the Armed Forces]

Description: Copy of two pages from the Congressional Record containing a speech by Texas Representative Olin Teague regarding pending bills that would grant civilian veterans benefits as well as the history of Avenger Field. The pages include other text, including partial text before the speech discussing a memorial dance for Jess Nevarez, his service in the military, his involvement with his community and church and supplemental statements to Teague's speech after his statements.
Date: April 6, 1977
Creator: United States. Congress.
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: "The WASP"]

Description: Clipping describing the records set and the work completed by the Women Airforce Service Pilots. It includes pictures of figures such as Jacqueline Cochran, Mary A. Nelson, Helen Snapp, Maragaret Bruns, and Ruth Underwood.
Date: January 1944
Creator: Stuart, John
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: Female WWII Pilot Relives Service at Stewart]

Description: Newspaper clipping of an article explaining why Helen Snapp became a WASP, what she did as a WASP, what she did after the program was discontinued, and her recent visit to Wright Army Airfield.
Date: March 8, 2001
Creator: Dezern, Melinda
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: Girl Pilots]

Description: Featured article in LIFE magazine about the WASP members and life at Avenger Field in Sweetwater, Texas. The article includes many photographs of the women taking classes, performing tasks, and training at the flight school. On the back of one of the pages is part of an article on narcotics.
Date: July 19, 1943
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: Clipping on Claudia Webb]

Description: A newspaper clipping including a small article on Claudia Webb accepting a job on the Italian Riviera.
Date: unknown
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Clipping: Riviera Club Wins Award]

Description: An article detailing a club winning an award for an honorable mention. The clipping also includes a photograph of club member accepting the award from a commanding officer as two other members, including Claudia Webb, look on.
Date: unknown
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Newspaper clipping with comic and fight results]

Description: Clipping from a newspaper page: one side has a comic of a paratrooper making a joke about "billowing silk" to a woman; the other side includes the results of a boxing match. Caption on comic reads: "Heh, Heh - Sorry babe, but us paratroopers just like the sight of billowin' silk."
Date: unknown
Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library

[Clipping: Generals Visit Avenger]

Description: Copy of the first issue of The Avenger, the newspaper made for WASP in Avenger field. Articles about Jacqueline Cochran, a letter from a German spy to the Gestapo, Avenger Field, and more are included.
Date: May 11, 1943
Creator: Bowles, Mary A.
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: Deaton introduced WASPs to Sweetwater]

Description: Newspaper clipping with an article about Leoti Deaton, her involvement with Red Cross, the WASP, and the Order of Fifinella.
Date: September 25, 1986
Creator: Tanner, Doris Brinker
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: "Welcome Back to Sweetwater WASP"]

Description: Newspaper from the Sweetwater Reporter with the front page bearing a Fifinella illustration and welcoming the WASP for their 46th reunion. Articles about the WASP, their impact on an Air Force colonel, their mascot, and more are included.
Date: September 25, 1986
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: 'Putt-Putt' Flew With WASPs]

Description: Newspaper clipping of an article about Mary Vanderventer's service with the WASP, Congress' failure to recognize WASP as veterans, Jimmy Carter granting them veteran status, and Vanderventer's current whereabouts.
Date: May 26, 1979
Creator: Robinson, Nancy
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: "WASPs Take to Air For Patriotic Love"]

Description: Newspaper clipping with an article about Ann Holiday and Holly Grasso's time with the WASP and how men responded to women participation in the war effort.
Date: October 12, 1984
Creator: Lawrie, Susan
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: "WASPS Wasn't 'Wash Out' For Pilot Florey"]

Description: Newspaper clipping with an article about what training at Avenger Field was like for both trainees and instructors and how selective the Army Air Forces were about admitting the women into WASP training.
Date: September 19, 1986
Creator: Redden, Gail
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: Those high-flying women]

Description: Newspaper clipping about the WASP, their training, and how they contributed to the war effort.
Date: March 18, 1979
Creator: Keil, Sally
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: "WAACs Given Veteran Status"]

Description: Newspaper clipping with an article about the Pentagon giving veteran status to the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps.
Date: unknown
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: "Zoot Suits, Parachutes, and Wings of Silver, Too"]

Description: Newspaper clipping about the 1986 WASP reunion, Avenger Field, woman aviation history, the WFTD, WAFS, the combat they participated in, what training consisted of, what they did after the war, minor and serious crashes, and the deactivation of the WASP.
Date: September 1987
Creator: Henderson, Sheila
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum
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