Resource Type

[Clipping: Revised WASP Schedules of Events] (open access)

[Clipping: Revised WASP Schedules of Events]

Newspaper clipping with a schedule for the events planned for the 50th WASP Anniversary.
Date: May 21, 1993
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: "Veterans Remembered"] (open access)

[Clipping: "Veterans Remembered"]

Magazine clipping containing letters from John Mounce and Chaplin Robert Deming about Veteran's Day celebrations and dedications. Editor's notes about the next issue's content are highlighted.
Date: November 1992
Creator: Mounce, John & Deming, Robert T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: WASP 2000 Reunion to be here] (open access)

[Clipping: WASP 2000 Reunion to be here]

Newspaper clipping of an article about the WASP reunion to be held in Sweetwater in 2000.
Date: August 24, 1998
Creator: Rogers, Don
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: The Women Airforce Service Pilots: WASP Fly 60 Million Miles] (open access)

[Clipping: The Women Airforce Service Pilots: WASP Fly 60 Million Miles]

Photocopy of a magazine article about the creation and the training of the WASPs as well as their accomplishments in women's aviation.
Date: September 1998
Creator: Landdeck, Kate
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Still Flying High After 50 Years] (open access)

[Clipping: Still Flying High After 50 Years]

Magazine clipping of an article about the history of the WASPs and their current whereabouts.
Date: 1995
Creator: Siler, Jennifer McGhee
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: 'Like a homesick angel'] (open access)

[Clipping: 'Like a homesick angel']

Newspaper clipping of an article about the celebration of the 50th WASP Anniversary Reunion and some experiences from former WASPs. Part of another article about Governor Ann Richards attending the reunion is also included.
Date: May 23, 1993
Creator: Fulton, Loretta
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: "State Group Supports Memorial"] (open access)

[Clipping: "State Group Supports Memorial"]

Newspaper clipping about a group of Oklahoman female veterans supporting the building of the Women in Military Service for America Memorial
Date: September 21, 1997
Creator: Jackson, Leonard
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: "Memorial to U.S. Servicewomen Dedication"] (open access)

[Clipping: "Memorial to U.S. Servicewomen Dedication"]

Newspaper clipping about female veterans visiting the newly built Women in Military Service for America Memorial.
Date: October 19, 1997
Creator: Associated Press
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: State Group Supports Memorial] (open access)

[Clipping: State Group Supports Memorial]

Newspaper clipping of an article about funds being collected for building of the Women in Military Service for America Memorial.
Date: September 21, 1997
Creator: Jackson, Leonard
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: U.S. military women to be honored--finally] (open access)

[Clipping: U.S. military women to be honored--finally]

Newspaper clipping of an article about the dedication of the Women in Military Service for America Memorial to women who have served in the military. Other articles are included.
Date: May 1997
Creator: Glasheen, Leah K.
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 Reunion. A brief history of the WASPs is also given.
Date: May 20, 1993
Creator: Todd, Ed
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: WASP Plaque Donated to City/County Museum] (open access)

[Clipping: WASP Plaque Donated to City/County Museum]

Newspaper clipping about a WASP group donating a plaque they had made with the names of six Women Airforce Service Pilots who died in service to the Pioneer City-County Museum.
Date: May 25, 1993
Creator: Whiddon, Leigh Ann
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: The Empty Desk] (open access)

[Clipping: The Empty Desk]

Photocopied newspaper clipping about a teacher who keeps an empty desk the classroom in remembrance of fallen soldiers. A signature can be seen in the top left corner.
Date: November 1999
Creator: MacElwain, R. Wade
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: WASPs are her heroes, Reno says] (open access)

[Clipping: WASPs are her heroes, Reno says]

Newspaper clipping of an article about Janet Reno's admiration of the WASPs, their 50th anniversary, achievements accomplished by WASPs, and a brief history about them.
Date: May 23, 1993
Creator: Todd, Ed
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Veteran Pilot Sculpts Spirit of Flying for Women] (open access)

[Clipping: Veteran Pilot Sculpts Spirit of Flying for Women]

Newspaper clipping about a former WASP and flight instructor who began sculpted bronze statue to memorialize all Women Airforce Service Pilots.
Date: May 22, 1993
Creator: Fulton, Loretta
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: 'Like a homesick angel'] (open access)

[Clipping: 'Like a homesick angel']

Newspaper clipping about WASPs attending their 50th anniversary and the unveiling of a statue dedicated to them. An account of June Drew flying again for the first time in fifty years is also shared.
Date: May 23, 1993
Creator: Fulton, Loretta
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: "WASP Exhibit"] (open access)

[Clipping: "WASP Exhibit"]

Newspaper clipping with a photograph of Ethel Finley at the opening of the WASP exhibit in the American Airpower Heritage Museum. Other articles about state decisions on income tax and a homicide are included.
Date: February 22, 1993
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: WASP Visit Wishing Well] (open access)

[Clipping: WASP Visit Wishing Well]

Newspaper clipping of a photograph of Rigdon Edwards, Dawn Seymour, Ethyl Meyer Finley, Ruth Dailey Helm, and Homer Taylor centered around the newly placed plaque on the WASP wishing well at Texas State Technical College.
Date: November 16, 1993
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History