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[Scrapbook Page: Staging Area - Calas]

Photographs of the Calas staging area in France. The top image shows soldiers identified as Bernikow and Nathan Levine standing on an earthen field in front of a row of tents. The second picture, labeled "Our billet," is of a tent structure that with an open entryway. The bottom two photographs feature groups of two and three soldiers posing together in front of the tent billets.
Date: 1945-11-10/1945-11-22
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Entering New York Harbor]

Photograph of three ships entering New York Harbor. The ship in the foreground is decked out with streamers and banners, one of which reads: "Welcome Home - Well Done", and a band is visible on the ship's deck.
Date: October 10, 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Jacqueline Cochran to Catherine Parker, February 10, 1945] (open access)

[Letter from Jacqueline Cochran to Catherine Parker, February 10, 1945]

Letter from Jacqueline Cochran to Catherine Parker honoring her with the Certificate of Honorable Service and Service Pin as a member of the Women Airforce Service Pilots and thanking her for being part of the organization.
Date: February 10, 1945
Creator: Cochran, Jacqueline
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Messina and Warner in Augsburg]

Photograph of John Messina and K. G. Warner posing together in Augsburg, Germany.
Date: June 10, 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Ship in New York Harbor]

Photograph of a ship in a large body of water, with some smaller boats nearby. A handwritten note on the back of the photo says "Ships in New York harbor."
Date: October 10, 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Staten Island Pier]

Photograph of the piers of Staten Island, seen from an approaching ship. A handwritten note on the back of the photo says "Coming into pier at Staten Island, N.Y."
Date: October 10, 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, September 10-11, 1945?] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, September 10-11, 1945?]

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing driving around Guam, two recent plane crashes, construction, correspondence, bringing coffee to a construction gang, visiting the Navy officers' club and headquarters, coworkers, and gifts.
Date: 1945-09-10?/1945-09-11?
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History