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55th Year: The Visitors Bulletin, October 22-28, 1976

Description: Weekly published travel guide for Hot Springs National Park with information on various events and attractions in the state between the dates October 22 and October 28, 1976. A section on the front cover with a Fifinella image welcomes Women Airforce Service Pilots to their 1976 reunion to be held in Hot Springs. The guide includes city maps, lake maps, lists of attractions such as restaurants, night clubs, and shops, as well as information on Hot Springs' famous bath houses.
Date: October 22, 1976
Creator: Smith, J. R.
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

AAF to Inactivate WASP on December 20

Description: A press briefing from the War Department discussing the announcement that the WASP would be inactivated on December 20, 1944. Included are statements from General Hap Arnold and Jacqueline Cocran.
Date: October 1944
Creator: United States. War Department. Bureau of Public Relations. Press Branch
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

An Air Force Reading Guide

Description: Air Force pamphlet containing a reading list of books written under relevant military subjects, such as economics, government, science, and military history.
Date: October 1, 1964
Creator: United States. Air Force.
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Army Air Forces Student Weather Map #7, October 5]

Description: Army Air Forces student weather map #7 for October 5, 1944, Time 0130C. The instructions read: "Draw in missing isobars: locate and color pressure centers, hazards, and precipitation." There is another map on the back of the page titled "Civil Aeronautics Administration Federal Airways Communication Stations" and includes a list of said stations.
Date: October 5, 1944
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Catherine Parker WASP Inoculation Card]

Description: Pilot an crew member physical record card for WASP Catherine Parker. The card states that Parker completed the inoculations for smallpox, triple typhoid, and anti-tetanus and qualifies her flight as of October 13, 1944.
Date: October 13, 1944
Creator: United States. Army Air Forces.
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: A Fascinating Cadre]

Description: Newspaper clipping describing details of the book "A WASP Among Eagles: A Woman in Military Test Pilot in World War II" by Ann Baumgartner Carl with publication and pricing information. The clipping also provides a brief biography of Ann Baumgartner Carl, and lists additional books about the Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.).
Date: October 25, 1999
Creator: Booher, Alice A.
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: Above and Beyond]

Description: Newspaper clipping from the LA Times with the article "Above and Beyond," which discusses the Women Airforce Service Pilots and their struggle to gain recognition for their service, as well as interviews with veterans. Excerpts from other articles and a Doonesbury comic are also included.
Date: October 2, 1996
Creator: Howlett, Susan
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

[Clipping: Scarsdale Home News]

Description: Newspaper clipping from No. 11 of the Scarsdale Home News. The main article is titled "A Family Affair," which discusses the swearing in of Dorothy Jean Leslie as a member of the WAVES or Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service. Other articles center around the local weather phenomenon, post-war plans, the returns of local veterans, wedding announcements, and obituaries.
Date: October 7, 1944
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: WASP comic]

Description: Newspaper clipping of a comic depicting female plane mechanics discussing their male counterparts over lunch, next to an airplane. The caption reads, "They never try to get fresh with me. They're always too busy trying to keep up with me on the JOB."
Date: October 26, 1942
Creator: d'Alessio, Gregory
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: Women in the Wings]

Description: Clipping from Baylor Magazine discussing the history of the Women Airforce Service Pilots and the project of one WASP, Deanie Parrish, and her daughter, Nancy Parrish, to compile digital scrapbooks and oral histories from the WASP through the Wings Across America organization.
Date: October 2009
Creator: Baylor Magazine
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum
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