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[Clipping: Return of a WASP]

Description: Newspaper clippings of the article, "The Return of a WASP" which discusses the homecoming of Twila Edwards after her time as a Women Airforce Service Pilot. She shares the difficulties she has looking for civilian pilot positions and the challenges she's faced due to WASPs not being a military service. The article includes several photos of Twila Edwards.
Date: April 15, 1945
Creator: Boulkind, Mae & Ruohomaa, Kosti
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: Three Kelly Girls Attain Goal--Join Wasps]

Description: Newspaper clipping about five employees at Kelly Field who applied to join the WASP. The article notes that three of the women have been accepted into the April training class and that the other two women expect to join the May training class. The back of the clipping features an article about a baseball game at Kelly Field.
Date: April 8, 1944
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: Woman soared as WWII flier]

Description: Newspaper clipping of an article about Elizabeth "Kit" MacKethan Magid, a WASP , and her experiences serving in WWII. On the back of the clipping, there is a listing for a Health Fair at different colleges and public schools.
Date: April 11, 2004
Creator: Martin, Claire
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Convoys in Germany]

Description: Two photographs taken in Germany. In the top photo, a convoy moves through a German village in Bavaria. The pink panels on the roof of several vehicles indicate friendly troops to aircraft. In the bottom photo, another convoy moves through a German town heading for Murnau, Germany and the Austrian Alps.
Date: April 1945
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[A Crashed Messerschmitt Me 262]

Description: Photograph of a crashed Germany Messerschmitt Me 262 jet. The tail of the jet is camouflaged and the vertical tail fin is painted with a white background and a swastika. The tail has been broken off and is lying on top of the left wing. "Jet German Plane" is handwritten on the lower portion of the photo.
Date: April 1945
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[A Crashed Messerschmitt Me 262]

Description: Photograph of a crashed Germany Messerschmitt Me 262 jet. The tail of the jet is camouflaged and the vertical tail fin is painted with a white background and a swastika. The tail has been broken off and is lying on top of the left wing.
Date: April 1945
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Dallas Postcard]

Description: Photograph of a postcard which says "It's fun to visit Dallas." It was sent to Mrs. Sheard Goodwin in Pinnacle, Arkansas from Private Sheard Goodwin who was stationed at Camp Barkeley. Handwritten note inside the postcard reads, "Honey, maybe you can find where I am with this card."
Date: April 8, 1942
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum
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