Air Reserve Element Training Newsletter, Fourteenth Edition, March 29, 1968 (open access)

Air Reserve Element Training Newsletter, Fourteenth Edition, March 29, 1968

Monthly newsletter for Air Force Reserve personnel containing news and events as well as information about training courses offered by the Continental Air Command.
Date: March 29, 1968
Creator: United States. Department of the Air Force.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Sweetwater's Municipal Airport Hangar Building #2]

Photograph of Sweetwater's Municipal Airport hangar, a large, metal building with the hangar's name in large letters on the front. There is a metal tower to the right of the hangar, and a long road going past the right of the building. Text at the bottom of the photo indicates the location and date of the photo. A note can be seen written on the back of the photo: "Sweetwater Municipal Airport- The first hangar built in 1929 on South side of the field. Photo taken in 1941".
Date: March 29, 1941
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Sweetwater's Municipal Airport Hangar Building #4]

Photograph of Sweetwater's Municipal Airport hangar, a large, metal building with the hangar's name in large letters on the front. There is a metal tower to the right of the hangar, and a long road going past the right of the building. Text at the bottom of the photo indicates the location and date of the photo.
Date: March 29, 1941
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Sweetwater's Municipal Airport Hangar Building #3]

Photograph of Sweetwater's Municipal Airport hangar, a large, metal building with the hangar's name in large letters on the front. There is a metal tower to the right of the hangar, and long road going past the right of the building. Text at the bottom of the photo indicates the location and date of the photo.
Date: March 29, 1941
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
95th Congress, First Session, House Bill 5718 (open access)

95th Congress, First Session, House Bill 5718

Bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives suggesting formal recognition to the Women's Air Forces Service Pilots (WASP) for their contributions and service during World War II. The bill was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Date: March 29, 1977
Creator: United States. Congress. House.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: "A WASP Goes to Washington"] (open access)

[Clipping: "A WASP Goes to Washington"]

Newspaper clipping with an article about Doris Tanner and her meetings with congressional representatives to discuss WASP receiving veteran status.
Date: March 29, 1977
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. Yerkes, March 29, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. Yerkes, March 29, 1944]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes to her father discussing legislation to make the WASPs part of the Army Air Corps, WASPs getting Air Medals, advantages of officially being in the Army, leaving for Brownsville, getting shots, mailing clothes home, and a friend expecting a baby.
Date: March 29, 1944
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History