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[44-W4 Time Schedule]
Memo from Group Commander E. A. Parker to Flight Commanders discussing the schedule for the 44-W4 class of Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) at Avenger Field in Sweetwater, Texas.
Date:
March 7, 1944
Creator:
Parker, E. A.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Avenger Field Yearbook, Class 44-W-5
Book documenting the 44-W-5 class of women pilots at Avenger Field in Sweetwater, Texas. It includes graduating students, instructors, and other information about the class and the program.
Date:
December 7, 1944
Creator:
Avenger Field (Sweetwater, Tex.)
Object Type:
Yearbook
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Charlyne Creger WASP Promotion]
Notice from the War Department promoting Charlyne Creger from WASP Trainee to Women's Army Service Pilot with new station and pay-grade.
Date:
December 7, 1944
Creator:
United States. War Department.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: "WASPs Fitted For Uniforms"]
Newspaper clipping of the 10th issue of The Avenger. It includes 12 articles that update the reader about events in Avenger Field.
Date:
January 7, 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[General Hap Arnold Address in Sweetwater, Texas, December 7, 1944]
Text of a speech given by General Hap Arnold to the WASP at Avenger Field in Sweetwater, Texas, just days before their deactivation. Arnold thanks and commends the women pilots for their service and offers encouragement for their futures.
Date:
December 7, 1944
Creator:
Arnold, Henry Harley (Hap)
Object Type:
Script
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph From the Graduation of WASP Class 44-W-10]
Photograph of three women and two men standing around a small table, taken during the graduation ceremony for class 44-W-10 of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP). The typewritten label taped to the photograph's bottom edge reads, "J. Cochran, E. Shuhip's Ear, Col. Ward, Deaton's nose, Gen. Arnold. 44-W-10 Graduation, 12/7/44." The back of the photograph is stamped "D. Deaton from D. Strother."
Date:
December 7, 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Press Release: Address by General H.H. Arnold, and Statement from Jacqueline Cochran]
War Department press release quoting the speech General Arnold gave to the final graduating class of Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II and a statement made by Jacqueline Cochran on the WASP's accomplishments. The pages are torn away at the edges in several places, most noticeably in the bottom left corner of the first page.
Date:
December 7, 1944
Creator:
Arnold, Henry Harley
Object Type:
Script
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Press Release: Address by General H.H. Arnold, Commanding General, Army Air Forces, Before WASP Ceremony, Sweetwater, Texas, Tuesday, December 7, 1944]
War Department press releases quoting the speech General Arnold gave to the final graduating class of Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II.
Date:
December 7, 1944
Creator:
Arnold, Henry Harley
Object Type:
Script
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Rig Edwards Release Form]
Release form relieving Rigdon Edwards from duties as flight instructor to accept employment at another facility.
Date:
September 7, 1944
Creator:
Krieger, Henry E.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 6, Ed. 1 Friday, January 7, 1944
Daily newspaper from Sweetwater, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
January 7, 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 32, Ed. 1 Monday, February 7, 1944
Daily newspaper from Sweetwater, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
February 7, 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 57, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 7, 1944
Daily newspaper from Sweetwater, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
March 7, 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 83, Ed. 1 Friday, April 7, 1944
Daily newspaper from Sweetwater, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
April 7, 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 108, Ed. 1 Sunday, May 7, 1944
Daily newspaper from Sweetwater, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
May 7, 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 134, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 7, 1944
Daily newspaper from Sweetwater, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
June 7, 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 155, Ed. 1 Friday, July 7, 1944
Daily newspaper from Sweetwater, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
July 7, 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 180, Ed. 1 Monday, August 7, 1944
Daily newspaper from Sweetwater, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
August 7, 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 205, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 7, 1944
Daily newspaper from Sweetwater, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
September 7, 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 257, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 7, 1944
Daily newspaper from Sweetwater, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
November 7, 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 272, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 7, 1944
Daily newspaper from Sweetwater, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
December 7, 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Transfer and promotion for Gayle Snell]
USAAF order indicating Gayle Snell's promotion from trainee to pilot, raising her pay, and rebasing her from Avenger Field to Independence Field.
Date:
November 7, 1944
Creator:
Taylor, C. O.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[WASP Graduation Booklet]
Booklet for a WASP graduation with "Avenger Field Sweetwater, Texas" seen embossed on the cover. The pages include a poem by WASP, Effie Pratt, photos of WASP activities and a list of graduate names, as well as photos of Jacqueline Cochran, Ethel Sheehy, Leoti Deaton, General Henry H. Arnold, Lt. Gen. Barton K. Yount, Brig. General Walter F. Kraus, and Lt. Col. Roy P. Ward.
Date:
December 7, 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History