[Clipping: Flying fillies once occupied Liberty Field] (open access)

[Clipping: Flying fillies once occupied Liberty Field]

Newspaper clipping of an article about members of WASP who were stationed at Liberty Field in Fort Stewart, Georgia during WWII. The article includes more details about Fort Stewart, and a photograph of Helen Snapp, Margery Moore, Bertha Mary Clifford, and Viola Thompson in flight jumpsuits, walking away from a small plane. The clipping includes other articles about the Fort Stewart and Hinesville, Georgia area, as well as local advertisements.
Date: October 23, 1987
Creator: Owens, Dianne
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
Women of Courage and Vision (open access)

Women of Courage and Vision

A program for Women of Courage and Vision event for Women's History Month. There is a sequence of events, a biography of Mrs. Helen Snapp, and two songs.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Snapp with Group in Parking Lot]

Photograph of Helen Snapp seen wearing a green jacket with her name embroidered on the breast pocket. Three men in jackets can be seen standing behind her and a man in an army camo uniform can be seen standing with his arms crossed in the foreground. A blue van can be seen to the left in the back ground, and the whole group appears to be standing in a parking lot, with a few trees and buildings seen in the background. A handwritten note on the back of the photo reads, "Ft Stewart, GA."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Three Photographs of Women Flying Airplanes] (open access)

[Three Photographs of Women Flying Airplanes]

Three photographs of women flying airplanes with captions. The top photo's caption reads, "Kathie 'M' is 'T202' of the Tow Target Squadron at Camp Stewart, GA, June 1944. The pilot is Woman Army Service Pilot (WASP) Helen W. Snapp. (USAF)". The left photo's caption reads, "WASPs gather around the cockpit of 41-18836, an A-25A-10-CS, Camp Davis, NC. WASPs, mainly known for their invaluable service as ferry pilots on the transatlantic run, also served as target-tug pilots at numerous training bases. This was the duty to which most Shrikes were assigned. (USAF)" The bottom photo's caption is, "Shrikes used as tugs or trainers were reclassified as a non-combat type and redesignated RA-25As (R for Restricted) (Bill Larkins via Jim Sullivan).".
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Female WWII Pilot Relives Service at Stewart] (open access)

[Clipping: Female WWII Pilot Relives Service at Stewart]

Newspaper clipping of an article about former WASP member Helen Wyatt Snapp's experience serving in WWII, especially while she was stationed at Fort Stewart in Georgia. The article includes a photograph of Snapp in her old age, in a helicopter. The clipping includes other articles about local and world news, as well as advertisements.
Date: March 8, 2001
Creator: Dezern, Melinda
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
Helen Wyatt Snapp W.A.S.P. 43-W-4 B-17F Memphis Belle (open access)

Helen Wyatt Snapp W.A.S.P. 43-W-4 B-17F Memphis Belle

An autobiography of Helen Snapp. There a photo of the B-17F Memphis Belle above the text with tail number 124485, and a portrait of Helen Snapp on the right side.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping photocopy: A Woman with Wings] (open access)

[Clipping photocopy: A Woman with Wings]

Photocopy of a newspaper clipping with part of an article about Helen Wyatt Snapp, a WASP member, and her experiences as a WWII pilot. The article includes photographs of Snapp, and two of her fellow WASP members.
Date: unknown
Creator: Phillips, Noelle
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Female pilot supports Stewart's mission] (open access)

[Clipping: Female pilot supports Stewart's mission]

Newspaper clipping of an article about former WASP member Helen Wyatt Snapp's experiences serving as a pilot in WWII. The clipping includes other articles about local and world news, as well as advertisements.
Date: March 26, 2009
Creator: Van Pool, J. Elise
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History

[An Airplane at Liberty Field]

Photograph of an airplane at Liberty Field in Georgia. There is a star on the aft, and there is text under the photo that reads, "Liberty Field, Ga., 1944 PQ 14 and C-45."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Three Photographs of Helen Snapp and Airplanes]

Three photographs of airplanes and WASP. The top photo is of the Kathie "M" is being flown by WASP Helen Snapp. The photo on the left is of WASP gathering around the cockpit of a plane, looking at a map. The bottom photo is of a plane being used as a non-combat trainer. There is text in the middle that explains each photo.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Frances Rohrer Sargent (open access)

Frances Rohrer Sargent

Information about WASP Frances Rohrer Sargent. Topics include her growing up, her stations while a WASP, and her life after the WASP disbanded. There is also a picture of Sargent about halfway down the page on the left.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[A Payment Voucher Paid for by DFAS - Indianapolis Center] {Has a Social Security Number on it} (open access)

[A Payment Voucher Paid for by DFAS - Indianapolis Center] {Has a Social Security Number on it}

A payment voucher paid for by DFAS - Indianapolis Center Direct for Central Distribution to benefit Helen Snapp. Section 2 includes information on the entitlements for reimbursements
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Helen Wyatt Snapp in Her Own Words (open access)

Helen Wyatt Snapp in Her Own Words

A document about Helen Snapp in her own words. She describes growing up, and her inspiration to become a pilot. She also mentions her stations while enlisted and her life after the WASP disbanded. There is also a picture of Snapp about halfway down the page on the left.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photogaph of Two WASP in Cockpit]

Photograph of two WASP, one in sitting in a cockpit, the other standing next to her, looking at a map. They are both wearing dark-colored flight uniforms, and looking away from the camera. The caption underneath the photo reads, "Miss Margery Moore and Miss Bertha Mary Clifford, Wasps of a group of Women's Airforce Service Pilots assigned to operations with the 4th Target-Towing Squadron First Air Force who fly targets and do tracking over the firing range of the anti-aircraft-artillery stationed at Camp Stewart, Rinesville, Ga. Before joining the Wasps, Miss Moore was a parachute rigger in Raoanoke, Va. and Miss Clifford was a book-keeper in Lakeland, Fla. June 1944."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Recognition Certificate for Helen Snapp] (open access)

[Recognition Certificate for Helen Snapp]

Recognition certificate from Air Force Reserve Command to Helen Wyatt Snapp for providing outstanding support to the Air Force Reserve Command's Human Resources Development Council.
Date: unknown
Creator: Gross, Stephen P.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

Oral History Interview with William J. Bates, February 7, 2001

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Interview with Navy veteran William J. Bates including personal experiences about the Pacific Theater during World War II, youth and education, the Navy Aviation Cadet Program, flight training, leaving naval aviation and attending Midshipman's School, being assigned to APc-21, operations off the coast of New Guinea with the VII Amphibious Force, providing escort duty for LCTs during assaults along the coast of New Guinea, the sinking of APc-21 by Japanese planes off New Britain Island, recuperating in New Guinea, returning to the States and being assigned to ATR-22, transferring to fleet tug ARA-182 as commanding officer, having convoy duty in the South Pacific, riding out a typhoon, disposing of Navy equipment after the war, and returning to the States.
Date: February 7, 2001
Creator: Alexander, William J. & Bates, William J.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with John L. Bates, Jr., September 21, 2003

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Interview with attorney and Army veteran John L. Bates Jr. The Interview includes Bates' personal experiences in the China-Burma-India Theater during World War II, Officer Candidate School, being selected for the Counter Intelligence Corps, British Intelligence School, assignment to Kweiyang, China, the end of the war and his transfer to the War Crimes Section as an Assistant Theater Judge Advocate, his assignment to Hankow to investigate the executions of three of Jimmy Doolittle's pilots and to Formosa to investigate war crimes, dealing with Japanese military personnel accused of committing atrocities against Allied POWs on Formosa, and his postwar career in the Army Reserve.
Date: September 21, 2003
Creator: Alexander, William J. & Bates, John L., Jr.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Clipping: Atlanta Plane Crash Blamed On Pilot Error] (open access)

[Clipping: Atlanta Plane Crash Blamed On Pilot Error]

Newspaper clipping describing the details of a plane crash that occurred in Atlanta, Georgia due to a misinterpretation of the altimeter readings.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Lewis R. Hopkins, January 15, 2004 transcript

Oral History Interview with Lewis R. Hopkins, January 15, 2004

Interview with Lewis R. Hopkins, a pilot during World War II. He describes growing up on a farm in Georgia, going to college at Berry, and working for Sears, Roebuck, and the Royal Typewriter Company before joining the U. S. Navy. He tells an anecdote about joining the navy so he could go to New York to see the World's Fair, since he had heard the Atlanta Reserve would be making a trip to the Fair. He began flight training in Florida in December 1940, finished the next September, then drove cross-country to San Francisco after the Pearl Harbor attack. He eventually joined the USS Enterprise in April 1942 and saw the B-25 bombers in the Doolittle Raid take off. He was part of Bombing Squadron Six and trained under Commander Best to learn how to do scouting flights, navigation, and dive bombing. He then describes his participation in the Battle of Midway, the hours before take-off, his first view of the Japanese fleet, and his bombing mission. He was later assigned to the USS Hornet and had to fly off to a little island so that planes from the USS Wasp could land on the Hornet after their ship …
Date: January 15, 2004
Creator: Cox, Floyd & Hopkins, Lewis R.
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Boyd K. Miller, January 21, 2003 transcript

Oral History Interview with Boyd K. Miller, January 21, 2003

Interview with Boyd K. Miller, a draftsman and pilot during World War II. He discusses being drafted out of college and working as an artist and draftsman. Since he studied art in college, he worked on diagrams and charts. He then transferred to the Air Corps to become a pilot and trained in Pennsylvania, Mississippi, Alabama, New York, Georgia, Florida and Texas.
Date: January 21, 2003
Creator: Misenhimer, Richard & Miller, Boyd K.
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Aircraft Delivery Orders #2] (open access)

[Aircraft Delivery Orders #2]

Orders for several Air Force and WASP pilots to ferry planes from Love Field in Dallas, Texas to Moultrie, Georgia, San Antonio, Texas, and Fort Worth, Texas. The three WASP pilots are Gayle D. Ewing, Nadine B. Ramsey, and Helen A. Turner.
Date: August 24, 1944
Creator: 555th Army Air Forces Base Unit - 5th Ferrying Group
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Aircraft Delivery Memorandum #2] (open access)

[Aircraft Delivery Memorandum #2]

Orders for WASP Gayle D. Ewing to ferry an AT-6 aircraft from Dallas, Texas to Spence Field Air Force base in Moultrie, Georgia.
Date: May 29, 1944
Creator: 555th Army Air Forces Base Unit - 5th Ferrying Group
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Paul A. Hill Air Force Documents] (open access)

[Paul A. Hill Air Force Documents]

A collection of various military orders and documents pertaining to Paul A. Hill's Air Force and Air Reserve service.
Date: 1929-09-18/1955-02-03
Creator: Hill, Paul A.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Packet Items to Paul A. Hill] (open access)

[Packet Items to Paul A. Hill]

A collection of various military orders and documents pertaining to Paul A. Hill's Air Force and Air Reserve service.
Date: 1945-10-09/1958-08-12
Creator: United States. Air Force.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History