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[Memo from Lucile Wise and Eleanor Brown to Caro Bosca, June 9, 2005]

Memo from WASP members Lucile Wise and Mickey Brown to President Caro Bosca discussing the results of a survey to determine if their organization should donate money to the WASP museum in Sweetwater.

Date: June 9, 2005

Creator: Wise, Lucile & Brown, Eleanor McLernon

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Correspondence Concerning Militarization of the WASPs]

Correspondence between Eleanor Brown, Olin Teague, and Ray Roberts concerning the Women Airforce Service Pilots' (WASP) efforts to obtain veterans' status and benefits through federal legislation.

Date: June 8, 1977

Creator: Roberts, Ray

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Representative Olin E. Teague to Eleanor M. Brown, June 8, 1977]

Letter from Representative Olin E. Teague to Eleanor M. Brown acknowledging her support of pending bills to award veterans' benefits to the WASPs. He mentions the process that the Committee on Veterans' Affairs will follow in scheduling hearings on the legislation.

Date: June 8, 1977

Creator: Teague, Olin E., 1910-1981

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Senator Herman E. Talmadge to Eleanor Brown, June 6, 1977]

Letter from Senator Herman E. Talmadge to Eleanor Brown discussing legislative bill S. 247, which would award military status and veterans' benefits to the WASPs. He mentions that the Veterans' Affairs Committee has held hearings on the bill and that he will keep her comments in mind when the Committee takes further action on the legislation.

Date: June 6, 1977

Creator: Talmadge, Herman E.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

Clearance Declaration of Aircraft Commander (Clearance Immigration and Customs)

United States customs form endorsed to clear Royal Air Force officer, Paul A. Hill, to depart from La Guardia Airport in New York, bound for Montreal, Canada.

Date: June 3, 1944

Creator: Hill, Paul A.

Item Type: Text

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Email from Eleanor Brown to Lucile Wise, June 16, 2006]

Printout of an email from Eleanor Brown to Lucile Wise containing Brown's report for WASP Region 2. Attached to the printout is a yellow sticky note with a handwritten message stating, "Mickey - F.Y.I. attached is the first report you sent. We added your correct phone #. Lucile."

Date: June 16, 2006

Creator: Brown, Eleanor McLernon

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: The Long Walk to Recognition]

Copy of the June 1995 copy of The Washington Post. Articles about Deputy Chief of Staff Harold Ickes, the Women in Military Service for America (WIMSA) Memorial Foundation, and more are included.

Date: June 22, 1995

Creator: Griest, Stephanie

Item Type: Clipping

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: New memorial to honor all military women]

Newspaper clippings of an article about plans for a memorial to honor Women in Military Service for America in Arlington, Virginia. There are other articles on the back of the clippings.

Date: June 21, 1995

Creator: Pisano, Marina

Item Type: Clipping

Location: 38.882804 -77.068010

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

WASP Newsletter, June 1981

Quarterly newsletter of the former World War II Women Airforce Service Pilots including news, events, stories about the group's history, and other information of interest to the members. Of note are several articles about the death of member Jacqueline Cochran.

Date: June 1981

Creator: Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.)

Item Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Photograph of Dedication of Fifinella Statue]

Photograph of two WASP and a man standing to the right of a woman at a podium in an outdoor yard. On the back of the photograph are handwritten notes, identifying the woman at the podium as Nora Reeves, Sweetwater Women's Forum President, serving as the presiding officer at the dedication ceremony for a statue of the WASP mascot, Fifinella.

Date: June 14, 1976

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: Veterans' burial record available on Internet]

Newspaper clipping of an article about finding veterans' burial information on a government database. On the back of the clipping, there are engagement announcements for six couples.

Date: June 27, 2004

Creator: Jones, Martha

Item Type: Clipping

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Bee Haydu to Rigdon Edwards, June 23, 1976]

Letter from Bee Haydu to Rigdon Edwards thanking him for his hospitality in Sweetwater, Texas, and a plaque presentation ceremony in which they both participated. The letter is printed on stationery for the WASP 1976 Reunion.

Date: June 23, 1976

Creator: Haydu, Bernice Falk

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[WASP Avenger Field Base Historic Marker Inscription]

Typed text of an inscription for a WASP training base historic marker, at Avenger Field. Also included are details for the planned location of the marker, the marker's material, and dimensions for the marker.

Date: 1972-06-05~

Item Type: Text

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping photocopy: Would Halt Rise of Women Pilots]

Photocopy of a newspaper clipping that includes an article about a report from the Civil Service Investigating Committee, advising the cutting of the WASP program. The grounds for this advice is to make way for excess male pilots in the Air Force. Other articles surround the article about cutting the WASP program, including some about politics and war. At the top of the photocopy, the page number of the article is handwritten.

Date: June 6, 1944

Item Type: Clipping

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[WASP Avenger Field Historic Marker Inscription]

Typed text of an inscription for a WASP training base historic marker, at Avenger Field. Also included are details for the planned location for the marker, the marker's material, and dimensions for the inscription's lettering.

Date: 1972-06-14~

Item Type: Text

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Photograph of Fifinella Statue Dedication]

Photograph of three women standing to the left of a woman at a podium. A large metal building is visible through an opening in a fence behind the women

Date: June 14, 1976

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Rigdon Edwards to Lloyd Bentsen, June 27, 1977]

Letter from Rigdon Edwards to Senator Lloyd Bentsen, expressing his appreciation for Senator Bentsen's efforts to gain recognition for WASP. The letter is printed on Rig Edwards Enterprises stationary.

Date: June 27, 1977

Creator: Edwards, Rigdon, Jr.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Mayarit to Mr. and Mrs. Edwards, June 16, 1983]

Letter from Mayarit to Mr. Rigdon Edwards and Mrs. Mary Emma Edwards acknowledging notes sent in with membership dues, with a separate note at the bottom, specifically addressed to Mr. and Mrs. Edwards.

Date: June 16, 1983

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Texas Representative Omar Burleson to Mr. Rigdon Edwards, June 30, 1977]

Letter from Texas Representative Omar Burleson to Mr. Rigdon Edwards discussing support for two bills to give veteran benefits to former WASP members, H. R. 3321 and H. R. 5718. He mentions enclosing a copy of the latter bill with his letter.

Date: June 30, 1977

Creator: Burleson, Omar

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Mr. Rigdon Edwards to Representative Omar Burleson, June 27, 1977]

Letter from Mr. Rigdon Edwards to Representative Omar Burleson discussing Burleson's efforts to secure veteran status for WASP members and thanking him for his work. The letter is typed on Rig Edwards Enterprises stationary.

Date: June 27, 1977

Creator: Edwards, Rigdon, Jr.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[John Vitola and Another Soldier]

Photograph of John Vitola and another soldier standing together in front of the plywood wall of a quarters. The men are wearing U.S. Army uniforms and garrison caps. Vitola drapes his left arm over the other man's shoulder.

Date: June 6, 1944

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Photograph of Ang Cannizzaro]

Photograph of Ang Cannizzaro smoking a cigarette at Camp Campbell.

Date: June 1943

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Photograph of Lt. Herb Traugott]

Photograph of 2nd Lt. Herb Traugott posing in front of barracks at Camp Campbell, Kentucky.

Date: June 1943

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Howard Fay and Raymond Pieterick Behind a High Wall]

Photograph of Howard Fay and Raymond Pieterick standing together behind a high wall of a Catholic church in Dischingen, Germany. The two men are wearing U.S. Army uniforms and garrison caps.

Date: June 1945

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

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[Memo from Lucile Wise and Eleanor Brown to Caro Bosca, June 9, 2005]

[Correspondence Concerning Militarization of the WASPs]

[Letter from Representative Olin E. Teague to Eleanor M. Brown, June 8, 1977]

[Letter from Senator Herman E. Talmadge to Eleanor Brown, June 6, 1977]

Clearance Declaration of Aircraft Commander (Clearance Immigration and Customs)

[Email from Eleanor Brown to Lucile Wise, June 16, 2006]

[Clipping: The Long Walk to Recognition]

[Clipping: New memorial to honor all military women]

WASP Newsletter, June 1981

[Photograph of Dedication of Fifinella Statue]

[Clipping: Veterans' burial record available on Internet]

[Letter from Bee Haydu to Rigdon Edwards, June 23, 1976]

[WASP Avenger Field Base Historic Marker Inscription]

[Clipping photocopy: Would Halt Rise of Women Pilots]

[WASP Avenger Field Historic Marker Inscription]

[Photograph of Fifinella Statue Dedication]

[Letter from Rigdon Edwards to Lloyd Bentsen, June 27, 1977]

[Letter from Mayarit to Mr. and Mrs. Edwards, June 16, 1983]

[Letter from Texas Representative Omar Burleson to Mr. Rigdon Edwards, June 30, 1977]

[Letter from Mr. Rigdon Edwards to Representative Omar Burleson, June 27, 1977]

[John Vitola and Another Soldier]

[Photograph of Ang Cannizzaro]

[Photograph of Lt. Herb Traugott]

[Howard Fay and Raymond Pieterick Behind a High Wall]