World War II Collection - 22 Matching Results

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[Christenson in Plane]

Photograph of a woman, earlier identified as Dorothy Christenson, sitting in the cockpit of a plane and wearing a headset while looking off camera to the right. Handwriting on the back of the photo reads, "Dorothy C., Feb 14, 1943, Houston, Texas, WASP".

Date: February 14, 1943

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

The Consolidated Eagle, Volume 1, Number 1, Thursday, February 11, 1943

Weekly newsletter published for employees of the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation Fort Worth Division containing work-related information, updates about employees, and other news.

Date: February 11, 1943

Creator: Consolidated Aircraft (Firm)

Item Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter

Partner: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Fort Worth

The Consolidated Eagle, Volume 1, Number 43, Thursday, February 25, 1943

Weekly newsletter published for employees of the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation Fort Worth Division containing work-related information, updates about employees, and other news.

Date: February 25, 1943

Creator: Consolidated Aircraft (Firm)

Item Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter

Partner: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Fort Worth

[Harvey Staton Statement on Avenger Field Construction]

Signed and notarized statement from Harvey Staton describing his work Avenger Field under contractor, Victor J. Nelson, and his work interactions with Joe B. Plosser and Charles A. Prince.

Date: February 1943

Creator: Staton, Harvey

Item Type: Legal Document

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, February 13, 1943]

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing issues with a medical examination and medical records.

Date: February 13, 1943

Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, February 24, 1943]

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing recent travels, issues with government forms, and differences between Sweetwater and Houston. Typed on Blue Bonnet Hotel (Sweetwater) stationary.

Date: February 24, 1943

Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, February 1943?]

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing money, transferring bank accounts from Atlanta to Sweetwater, passing a check flight, staying in sickbay, news from home, a student pilot's poetry, practicing stalls, sending mail, and nurses.

Date: 1943-02~

Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Family, February 28, 1943]

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to her family discussing liberty, students and training courses, the barracks, clothing, her pay status, and new cadets. Written on Blue Bonnet Hotel (Sweetwater) stationary.

Date: February 28, 1943

Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Joe B. Plosser to Army Air Forces Gulf Coast Training Center, February 10, 1943]

Letter from Joe B. Plosser to Army Air Forces Gulf Coast Training Center discussing previous correspondence from February 8th, 1943 regarding the proposed Women's Pilot Training in Sweetwater, Texas. It specifically calls for the attention of Lieutenant Colonel Oliver E. Ford, Jr.

Date: February 10, 1943

Creator: Plosser, Joseph B.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, February 3, 1943]

Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. on February 3, 1943. He asks them to take pictures of themselves and send them to him, and asks how the farm is doing.

Date: February 3, 1943

Creator: Willis, John Todd, Jr.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, February 6, 1943]

Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. on February 6, 1943. He tells them he has received the family pictures they sent, and asks if his watch is working. He tells his mother she can take it with her into town if she wants.

Date: February 6, 1943

Creator: Willis, John Todd, Jr.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, February 7, 1943]

Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. on February 7, 1943. He tells them he's fine, and asks them to phone the mother of a man in his company to say hello from her son.

Date: February 7, 1943

Creator: Willis, John Todd, Jr.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, February 26, 1943]

Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. on February 26, 1943. He lets them know he's doing well, that he's being fed, and he enjoys the scenery.

Date: February 26, 1943

Creator: Willis, John Todd, Jr.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Letter from Oliver E. Ford, Jr. to Joe B. Plosser, February 8, 1943]

Letter from Oliver E. Ford, Jr. to Joe B. Plosser discussing the details of the WASP women's training program at Plosser-Prince Air Academy in Sweetwater, Texas with reference to a phone conversation between the two parties on February 7, 1943. It includes a hand-written note at the bottom of the last page.

Date: February 8, 1943

Creator: Ford, Oliver E., Jr.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Photograph of Colonel Maurice Morgan]

Photograph of Colonel Maurice Morgan speaking on NBC's "Army Hour" show, discussing Camp Hulen's anti-aircraft personnel. The camp marching band is seated directly behind Morgan as he speaks into the microphone.

Date: February 14, 1943

Creator: Wilkinson, Stanley L.

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Palacios Area Historical Association

[Photograph of Officers Broadcasting on a Radio Show]

Photograph of of Lieutenant Colonel Charles Millhiser speaking on the NBC "Army Hour" radio show. Lieutenant Frank Grubbs is holding the microphone to the right side of Millhiser.

Date: February 14, 1943

Creator: Wilkinson, Stanley L.

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Palacios Area Historical Association

[Photograph of Private Alec Witkowski Performing a Skit]

Photograph of Private Alec Witkowski performing a skit, wearing a baby outfit, with Dorothy Broughton and Betty Derigo standing next to him. According to the text, this performance is a part of the Wharton Majorettes dance and variety show at Camp Hulen Service Club.

Date: February 21, 1943

Creator: Finch, William A.

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Palacios Area Historical Association

[Physics Work Book]

Physics work book with problems and exercises relating to physics in aviation and answers to those problems handwritten written in blue pen ink. The names, "Solange D'Hooghe" and "Mr. Morrissette" are handwritten in the top right corner of the cover.

Date: February 1943

Creator: Army Air Forces Preflight School (Pilot)

Item Type: Book

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Seven Soldiers at Camp Barkeley]

Photograph of (left to right) Ed Cole, Don Hale, Pete Conley, John Joyce, Joe Orhaman, unidentified soldier, and 'Hanson' in front of a wooden structure at Camp Barkeley.

Date: February 22, 1943

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Telegram from Jacqueline Cochran to Cornelia Yerkes, February 5, 1943]

Telegram sent to Cornelia Yerkes from Jacqueline Cochran discussing medical forms.

Date: February 5, 1943

Creator: Cochran, Jacqueline

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Telegram from Joe B. Plosser to Charles A. Prince, February 22, 1943]

Telegram from Joe B. Plosser to Charles A. Prince discussing the arrival of sixty-four women trainees and the future arrival of a check for the previous month of January, as confirmed by a wire from Wright Field.

Date: February 22, 1943

Creator: Plosser, Joseph B.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Telegram from Victor J. Nelson to Harvey Staten, February 8, 1943]

Copy of telegram from Victor J. Nelson to Harvey Staten discussing a position opening at a shipyard being constructed, and requesting a mailed equipment list.

Date: February 8, 1943

Creator: Nelson, Victor J.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

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[Christenson in Plane]

The Consolidated Eagle, Volume 1, Number 1, Thursday, February 11, 1943

The Consolidated Eagle, Volume 1, Number 43, Thursday, February 25, 1943

[Harvey Staton Statement on Avenger Field Construction]

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, February 13, 1943]

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, February 24, 1943]

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, February 1943?]

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Family, February 28, 1943]

[Letter from Joe B. Plosser to Army Air Forces Gulf Coast Training Center, February 10, 1943]

[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, February 3, 1943]

[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, February 6, 1943]

[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, February 7, 1943]

[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, February 26, 1943]

[Letter from Oliver E. Ford, Jr. to Joe B. Plosser, February 8, 1943]

[Photograph of Colonel Maurice Morgan]

[Photograph of Officers Broadcasting on a Radio Show]

[Photograph of Private Alec Witkowski Performing a Skit]

[Physics Work Book]

[Seven Soldiers at Camp Barkeley]

[Telegram from Jacqueline Cochran to Cornelia Yerkes, February 5, 1943]

[Telegram from Joe B. Plosser to Charles A. Prince, February 22, 1943]

[Telegram from Victor J. Nelson to Harvey Staten, February 8, 1943]