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[Photograph 2012.201.b1406.0439]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Cpl. George Whitewater, a fullblood Kickapoo Indian from Shawnee, is stationed at Fort Benning, Ga., and is a graduate of the parachute school where the largest closs of qualified jumpers has just received wings in the airborne command."
Date: August 18, 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, August 28, 1943?] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, August 28, 1943?]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes typed on Hotel Texas (Fort Worth) stationary, discussing finances, a rumor that the WASPs will become proper Army officers, Army instructions, and life at her new base.
Date: 1943-08-28?
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. and Frances Yerkes, August 3, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. and Frances Yerkes, August 3, 1943]

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to her parents discussing her request to be stationed in Dallas instead of Wilmington, possibilities for visiting home, graduation of her class at Avenger Field and the climate in Sweetwater, her classmates' assignments, and other related news.
Date: August 3, 1943
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Atlanta, Birmingham & Coast (AB&C) 79

A photograph print showing Atlanta, Birmingham & Coast (AB&C) 79, 4-6-2, streamlined steamer with two-passenger train, near Fitzgerald, GA. (Engine had a head-on collision in June 1945 and was scrapped.)
Date: August 1943
Creator: Lowe, Shelby F.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History