[Clipping: Secret role of women fliers recalled] (open access)

[Clipping: Secret role of women fliers recalled]

Newspaper clipping of an article about WASP being hidden from public knowledge, including the U.S. Department of Defense withholding veteran status from the women who served in WWII. The article includes a photograph of a group of young women in jumpsuits walking away from a small propeller plane. On the back of the clipping is a large advertisement for a sale, and part of an article about Fort Concho.
Date: November 24, 1991
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Man in Decorated Uniform]

Photograph of a young man in a decorated Air Force dress uniform standing in front of the plane.
Date: July 24, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from D. L. Werner to Mickey McLernon, January 24, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from D. L. Werner to Mickey McLernon, January 24, 1944]

Letter from D. L. Werner to Mickey McLernon discussing his flight training, the weather, and other news. He says that he was the first in his class to solo, that he will have to start flying at night soon, and that his favorite instructor is being transferred.
Date: January 24, 1944
Creator: Werner, D. L.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History