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Oral History Interview with Richard Bennett, November 15, 2001

Description: Interview with Richard (Dick) Bennett, a pilot during World War II. He discusses his enlistment in the Army Air Corps, basic training and flight school. He then went to a base in South Carolina to learn to fly B-25s. At Fort Myers, Florida he flew B-26 bombers and trained to fly them off of aircraft carriers so they could drop torpedos on the Japanese fleet during naval battles. He traveled across the Pacific to Brisbane only to be told that they didn't have B-26s for the crews; the colonel theā€¦ more
Date: November 15, 2001
Duration: 1 hour 17 minutes 09 seconds
Creator: Cox, Floyd & Bennett, Richard
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Clipping: They just wanted to fly]

Description: Newspaper clippings of an article about WASP members, including Grace Birge Mayfield, Mary Macabe, Kristine Lent, Alice Riff, Ann Oliver, Ann Criswell Adden, Verda Mae Jennings Lowe, Betty Haas Pfister, Florene Miller, Millicent Young, and Barbara Flemming Foss. The article discusses the personal experiences of the women serving in WWII. On the back of the clippings, there is an advertisement for a drapery shop and an article on catalog ordering.
Date: November 6, 1988
Creator: Magid, Ken
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[WASP Reunion Invocation Prayer]

Description: A prayer invocation recited at a WASP reunion in South Carolina, written by Madge Minton. The WASP diamond wings symbol can be seen printed at the top of the page.
Date: September 1988
Creator: Minton, Madge Rutherford
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Pamphlet: W.A.S.P., WWII, Reunion, Charleston S.C.1988]

Description: A schedule of events pamphlet for the 1988 Women Airforce Service Pilots reunion in Charleston, South Carolina. The schedule includes historic information on the city, welcoming letters from the mayor and the governor, and a schedule for meetings, activities, and meals.
Date: 1988
Creator: Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.)
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

W.A.S.P., WWII, Reunion

Description: Program for a WASP reunion in Charleston, South Carolina. Included within is a proclamation from Mayor Joseph P. Riley, Jr. designating August 22nd as WASP Day, letters, historical information for South Carolina, reunion itineraries, and other information about WASP and aircraft.
Date: 1988
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[WASP Posed Outdoors]

Description: Photograph of twelve WASP posed in two rows in a field outdoors. The front row can be seen kneeling while the back rows stand, and all are in uniform with wing pins. Notes listing the names of those in the photo can be seen on the back that read, "Back L to R Kathleen Dooly, Marjorie Nakrhan "Bobbie", Mary Ann Showers "Peter", Mary Rance, Yvonne Pateman, Eleanor Feeley, F L to R, Beverly Dietrich, Marybelle Lyall, Margarie Papeel, Ethel Meyer, Irene MacConnihay, Irene Minter, Jeanne Norlock kilā€¦ more
Date: November 1944
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Two Soldiers in South Carolina]

Description: Photograph of two unidentified soldier in a camp at South Carolina. The soldier on the right stands at attention with a rifle over his shoulder, and the man to the left points one hand at the other. Barracks are visible in the background.
Date: [1942..1943]
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum
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