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[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, April 21, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, April 21, 1944]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing flying the P-51 and P-47, an uncle's passing, being grounded, playing Bridge, and letters.
Date: April 21, 1944
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Corporal Park B. Fielder to his family, April 21, 1945] (open access)

[Letter from Corporal Park B. Fielder to his family, April 21, 1945]

Letter from Corporal Park B. Fielder to his family, on April 21, 1945. He details his voyage from Los Angeles, California on the way to Calcutta, India, including a stop in Australia where he met up with a friend.
Date: April 21, 1945
Creator: Fielder, Park B.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letters From Dawn Seymour and Margaret Tamplin, April 21, 1984] (open access)

[Letters From Dawn Seymour and Margaret Tamplin, April 21, 1984]

Letters from Dawn Seymour and Margaret C. Tamplin to WASP members. The first letter is a listing of several brief group updates, including an upcoming reunion and an attached list of WASP uniform items for sale to members. The second letter is an update on group dues and membership cards.
Date: April 21, 1984
Creator: Seymour, Dawn R. B. & Tamplin, Margaret C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

Raising Flag, Nuernberg Shrine

Photograph of American soldiers carrying U.S. flags at the grandstand at Zeppelinfield in Nuremberg, Germany. The building is topped with a large stone swastika that is being covered by a U.S. flag.
Date: April 21, 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History