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[Approval Form for WASP Inscription] (open access)

[Approval Form for WASP Inscription]

Form with space for a signature approving the inscription of a WASP Training Base historic marker at Avenger Field, in postcard form, addressed to Mr. Truett Latimer.
Date: February 29, 1972
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Approval Form for WASP Inscription] (open access)

[Approval Form for WASP Inscription]

Form with space for a signature approving the inscription of a WASP Training Base historic marker at Avenger Field, in postcard form, addressed to Mr. Truett Latimer.
Date: February 29, 1972
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Rosa Lea Fullwood Meek Dickerson, February 27, 2000 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Rosa Lea Fullwood Meek Dickerson, February 27, 2000

Interview with Rosa Lea Fullwood Meek Dickerson, former pilot from Kerrville, Texas. Mrs. Dickerson describes her early interest in airplanes and tells stories from her days with the WWII Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP), flying different types of aircraft to bases all over the United States. She includes the history of WASP, its formation, and dissolution. Her flying stories detail plane crashes and near-death experiences, including the sabotage of planes at the airport in Enid, OK by a German National. Mrs. Dickerson also talks about running a flying service in the Kerrville airport with her husband, Carl Meek, during the early days of aviation after WWII.
Date: February 27, 2000
Creator: Snodgrass, Clarabelle; Bethel, Ann & Dickerson, Rosa Lea Fullwood Meek
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard from C. A. Long addressed to T. N. Carswell - February 20, 1942] (open access)

[Postcard from C. A. Long addressed to T. N. Carswell - February 20, 1942]

A postcard addressed to Mr. T. N. Carswell, Abilene, Texas postmarked Sweetwater, Texas, February 20, 1942. The reverse side includes correspondence to Bro. Carswell from C. A. Long dated February 20, 1942. Long advises Carswell that he turned the suggestions made by Carswell over to Rev. M. H. Applewhite.
Date: February 20, 1942
Creator: Long, C. A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Selective Service System Itinerary for T. N. Carswell - January - February 1943] (open access)

[Selective Service System Itinerary for T. N. Carswell - January - February 1943]

An itinerary for Thomas N. Carswell for work in District 19 B from January 27 through February 16, 1943.
Date: February 1943
Creator: Carswell, T. N. (Thomas Norwood)
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Tax Refund Check to Charles L. Nunn, February 4, 1948] (open access)

[Tax Refund Check to Charles L. Nunn, February 4, 1948]

Tax refund check in the amount of $10.68 paid to Charles L. Nunn in Sweetwater, Texas. The check has the signature of Paul D. Banning in the bottom right corner.
Date: February 4, 1948
Creator: United States. Department of the Treasury
System: The Portal to Texas History
[W.A.S.P. Historic Monument Estimated Costs] (open access)

[W.A.S.P. Historic Monument Estimated Costs]

Estimation of funds necessary to complete the WASP memorial at Avenger Field in Sweetwater.
Date: February 20, 1992
Creator: Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.)
System: The Portal to Texas History
[WASP Training Base Historic Marker Inscription] (open access)

[WASP Training Base Historic Marker Inscription]

Typed text of an inscription for a WASP training base historic marker, at Avenger Field. Also included are details for the planned location for the marker, the marker's material, and dimensions for the inscription's lettering.
Date: February 20, 1972
Creator: Texas State Historical Survey Committee
System: The Portal to Texas History