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[Clipping: WASP Say... Thank You Sweetwater] (open access)

[Clipping: WASP Say... Thank You Sweetwater]

Newspaper clipping announcing how grateful the Women Airforce Service Pilots are of the Sweetwater, Texas community for hosting their 1986 reunion.
Date: 1986
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Sites Honor Women Pioneers in Aviation] (open access)

[Clipping: Sites Honor Women Pioneers in Aviation]

Photocopy of an article about the official WASP website and some of their achievements.
Date: August 10, 2000
Creator: Pollak, Michael
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Lofty recognition for women's air corps] (open access)

[Clipping: Lofty recognition for women's air corps]

Newspaper clipping of an article about the WASP and plans for their reunion.
Date: October 14, 1994
Creator: Hoversten, Paul
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: 'Dignity And Pride Of Skill'] (open access)

[Clipping: 'Dignity And Pride Of Skill']

Photocopy of an article recounting Barbara J. Erickson's experience in military service, the creation of the WAFS and WASPs, and the aviation they participated in.
Date: unknown
Creator: Gutierrez, Ava
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Reno, Richards to attend Sweetwater WASP affair] (open access)

[Clipping: Reno, Richards to attend Sweetwater WASP affair]

Photocopied newspaper clipping about Janet Reno, Dan Morales, and Ann Richards coming to the 50th WASP reunion. A short history of the WASPs is also included.
Date: May 20, 1993
Creator: Todd, Ed
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Earhart route flier set to go] (open access)

[Clipping: Earhart route flier set to go]

Photocopy of an article about Grace McGuire and the dangerous journey she will fly from New Guinea to Howland Island in an attempt to "duplicate" Amelia Earhart's last flight.
Date: July 24, 1983
Creator: Welde, Deena
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Fifi Awards Go To City and CC] (open access)

[Clipping: Fifi Awards Go To City and CC]

Newspaper clipping of an article about the recipients of the Fifi awards at the 30th WASP reunion. Other activities that happened at the event are also mentioned.
Date: June 26, 1972
Creator: Gordon, Joe
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Air: Battle of the Sexes] (open access)

[Clipping: Air: Battle of the Sexes]

Photocopy of a Time magazine article from May 1944 about male pilots wanting to take the WASPs' positions.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: What Was Training Like For WASP Trainees When They Trained Here] (open access)

[Clipping: What Was Training Like For WASP Trainees When They Trained Here]

Clipping of a newspaper article about what training and service was like for the Women Airforce Service Pilots.
Date: June 21, 1972
Creator: Gordon, Patsy
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Cochran's Convent] (open access)

[Clipping: Cochran's Convent]

Photocopy of a magazine article providing the full story of the WASPs.
Date: unknown
Creator: Newcomb, Harold
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Oh...To Be A Women's Air Force Service Pilot] (open access)

[Clipping: Oh...To Be A Women's Air Force Service Pilot]

Photocopy of a magazine clipping with an article about the history of the WASP, how they began, their achievements, and more.
Date: February 1977
Creator: Gutierrez, Ava & Wilson, Jan
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Wings of Excellence] (open access)

[Clipping: Wings of Excellence]

Magazine clipping of an article about the history of women in aviation.
Date: August 1995
Creator: Novak, C. James
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Order of Fifinella Award] (open access)

[Clipping: Order of Fifinella Award]

Magazine clipping explaining what the Order of Fifinella Award is and featuring a photograph a group of city officials, former WASPs, and Colonel W. Bruce Arnold receiving the award.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Girl Pilots] (open access)

[Clipping: Girl Pilots]

Magazine clipping of an article about the females training to be pilots. Details about their training such as classes and daily routines are provided.
Date: July 19, 1943
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Plane Janes] (open access)

[Clipping: Plane Janes]

Photocopied newspaper clipping of an article about who the WASP were, what they did, and the military's failure to recognize them as veterans.
Date: January 30, 1977
Creator: Hayes, Ed
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: A Memorial to Honor Women Who Served] (open access)

[Clipping: A Memorial to Honor Women Who Served]

Newspaper clipping of an article about the dedication of the Women in Military Service for America memorial and women who served in the Revolutionary, Civil, and World Wars.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Order of Fifinella Reunion Starts Today] (open access)

[Clipping: Order of Fifinella Reunion Starts Today]

Newspaper clipping about the WASP returning to Sweetwater for their 30th reunion as well as what training was like for them while serving in the military.
Date: June 23, 1972
Creator: Simmons, Wally
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: The Forgotten Flyers of WWII] (open access)

[Clipping: The Forgotten Flyers of WWII]

Photocopied clipping from the November/December 1989 issue of the Fireside Companion. It shares the story of the WASPs in celebraion of Veteran's Day.
Date: November 1989
Creator: King, Julie Adair
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Four Receive Order of Fifinella Awards] (open access)

[Clipping: Four Receive Order of Fifinella Awards]

Newspaper clipping with a continuing article about a WASP monument unveiling carried from another page, and a full article about WASP members presenting four Order of the Fifinella awards at the 30th Anniversary WASP banquet.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Little-Known (and Female) WW II Pilots Figure in Fall Rawson Associates Book] (open access)

[Clipping: Little-Known (and Female) WW II Pilots Figure in Fall Rawson Associates Book]

Magazine clipping of an article about the history of the WASPs and the book former WASP Sally Keil is writing about them.
Date: April 10, 1978
Creator: Dahlin, Robert
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Burleson Slaps at McGovern] (open access)

[Clipping: Burleson Slaps at McGovern]

Newspaper clipping of an article about the dedication ceremonies of two WASP memorials.
Date: June 25, 1972
Creator: Simmons, Wally
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Reno, Richards to attend Sweetwater WASP affair] (open access)

[Clipping: Reno, Richards to attend Sweetwater WASP affair]

Newspaper clipping of an article about Attorney Generals Janet Reno, Dan Morales, and Governor Ann Richards attending the 50th WASP Anniversary Reunion.
Date: May 20, 1993
Creator: Todd, Ed
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Requiem For The WASP] (open access)

[Clipping: Requiem For The WASP]

Newspaper clipping about the history of the WASP from their creation to disbandment.
Date: unknown
Creator: Poole, Barbara E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: The Women's Memorial: Honoring Military Women, Past, Present and Future] (open access)

[Clipping: The Women's Memorial: Honoring Military Women, Past, Present and Future]

Magazine clipping of an article about women who have served in the military and the Women In Military Service For America memorial that will be dedicated to them.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History