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[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, June 3, 1945] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, June 3, 1945]

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing recent correspondence, traveling around Guam, mangoes, her friend Marion, living arrangements, mail, and flowers. Written on USMC stationary.
Date: June 3, 1945
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, June 17, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, June 17, 1944]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing flying from Spartanburg, SC, to Newark, visiting New York City, preparing to pick up a P-47 in Evansville, IN, and Father's Day.
Date: June 17, 1944
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, June 17, 1945?] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, June 17, 1945?]

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, possibly to her mother, discussing receiving her driver's license with help from the recipient, driving across Oahu, work and related events, lack of free time, finding a particular book in the library, amenities at an officer's club, and taking a boat around Pearl Harbor. Written and typed on Red Cross stationary.
Date: 1945-06-17?
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, June 11, 1945] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, June 11, 1945]

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing finances, her ex-husband's house, the Red Cross Canteen at Hickam Field, going to a dance with Air Corps officers, finding a kitten, Red Cross worker living arrangements and schedules, and getting a driver's license. Written on Red Cross stationary.
Date: June 11, 1945
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Gayle Snell]

Photograph portrait of Women Airforce Service Pilot Gaye Snell, smiling in her flying cap and jacket. In the bottom write is an autograph reading: "Lots of luck[,] Gayle"
Date: June 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History