[Special Orders Number 121, Extract 2] (open access)

[Special Orders Number 121, Extract 2]

Special orders extract listing several men from Sweetwater who were inducted as flight instructors and Air Corps mechanics that are to remain on inactive status. Rigdon Edwards Jr., known Women Airforce Service Pilots instructor, can be seen listed among the names.
Date: May 20, 1944
Creator: United States. Air Force.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Enlisted Reserve Corp I.D. Rigdon Edwards] (open access)

[Enlisted Reserve Corp I.D. Rigdon Edwards]

Front and back copies of an identification card for the Enlisted Reserve Corps belonging to WASP flight instructor, Rigdon Edwards. They are posted on a sheet of blue paper along with a photograph of Edwards in uniform, seen to the right.
Date: May 20, 1944
Creator: United States Army
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Preston Smith to Truett Latimer, October 20, 1961] (open access)

[Letter from Preston Smith to Truett Latimer, October 20, 1961]

Letter from Preston Smith to Truett Latimer discussing his announcement to run for Lt. Governor of Texas. He asks for Mr. Latimer's support if he ends up not running for the same position.
Date: October 20, 1961
Creator: Smith, Preston
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History