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Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 268, Ed. 1 Monday, November 20, 1944 (open access)

Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 268, Ed. 1 Monday, November 20, 1944

Daily newspaper from Sweetwater, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: November 20, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 191, Ed. 1 Sunday, August 20, 1944 (open access)

Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 191, Ed. 1 Sunday, August 20, 1944

Daily newspaper from Sweetwater, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 20, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 145, Ed. 1 Tuesday, June 20, 1944 (open access)

Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 145, Ed. 1 Tuesday, June 20, 1944

Daily newspaper from Sweetwater, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 20, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 166, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 20, 1944 (open access)

Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 166, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 20, 1944

Daily newspaper from Sweetwater, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: July 20, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 216, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 20, 1944 (open access)

Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 216, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 20, 1944

Daily newspaper from Sweetwater, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 20, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 283, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 20, 1944 (open access)

Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 283, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 20, 1944

Daily newspaper from Sweetwater, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 20, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 242, Ed. 1 Friday, October 20, 1944 (open access)

Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 242, Ed. 1 Friday, October 20, 1944

Daily newspaper from Sweetwater, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: October 20, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Special Orders Number 104, Extract 1-2] (open access)

[Special Orders Number 104, Extract 1-2]

Special orders for a list of Women Airforce Service Pilots and other personnel to return to specified based for training purposes.
Date: November 20, 1944
Creator: 2563D Army Air Forces Base Unit & Nance, Walter L.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Special Orders Number 121, Extract 2] (open access)

[Special Orders Number 121, Extract 2]

Special orders extract listing several men from Sweetwater who were inducted as flight instructors and Air Corps mechanics that are to remain on inactive status. Rigdon Edwards Jr., known Women Airforce Service Pilots instructor, can be seen listed among the names.
Date: May 20, 1944
Creator: United States. Air Force.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Captain Edward Drew to Mickey McLernon, July 20, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Captain Edward Drew to Mickey McLernon, July 20, 1944]

Letter from Captain Edward Drew to Mickey McLernon apologizing for an offense, talking about Charlotte, North Carolina, aviation, and how good of a friend she is.
Date: July 20, 1944
Creator: Drew, Edward Allen
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cpt. Edward Drew to Mickey McLernon, June 20, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Cpt. Edward Drew to Mickey McLernon, June 20, 1944]

Letter from Captain Edward Drew to Mickey McLernon discussing travels from Flushing, New York, swimming, tennis, and a letter he received from a friend.
Date: June 20, 1944
Creator: Drew, Edward Allen
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from AAFBU to Mr. Nick A. Hill, May 20, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from AAFBU to Mr. Nick A. Hill, May 20, 1944]

Letter from Army Air Forces Base Unit to Mr. Nick A. Hill containing an invitation to the 44-W-4 graduation on May 23, 1944.
Date: May 20, 1944
Creator: Army Air Forces Base Unit
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Enlisted Reserve Corp I.D. Rigdon Edwards] (open access)

[Enlisted Reserve Corp I.D. Rigdon Edwards]

Front and back copies of an identification card for the Enlisted Reserve Corps belonging to WASP flight instructor, Rigdon Edwards. They are posted on a sheet of blue paper along with a photograph of Edwards in uniform, seen to the right.
Date: May 20, 1944
Creator: United States Army
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Medical Consideration of WASP (open access)

Medical Consideration of WASP

Report on the physical, psychological, medical, and emotional capabilities of women in aviation, formed from several studies on the Women Airforce Service Pilots. The report concludes that women can typically meet all requirements for safe flight without hindrance, and suggests that any similar future program to the WASP should be militarized.
Date: December 20, 1944
Creator: United States. Air Force.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 43, Ed. 1 Sunday, February 20, 1944 (open access)

Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 43, Ed. 1 Sunday, February 20, 1944

Daily newspaper from Sweetwater, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: February 20, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 68, Ed. 1 Monday, March 20, 1944 (open access)

Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 68, Ed. 1 Monday, March 20, 1944

Daily newspaper from Sweetwater, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 20, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 94, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 20, 1944 (open access)

Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 94, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 20, 1944

Daily newspaper from Sweetwater, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 20, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 20, 1944 (open access)

Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 20, 1944

Daily newspaper from Sweetwater, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 20, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Gayle Snell Individual Flight Record #3] (open access)

[Gayle Snell Individual Flight Record #3]

Individual Flight Record for Gayle Snell, documenting her hours on different airframes as a WASP.
Date: December 20, 1944
Creator: Buckingham, George E.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Catherine McGrath]

Photograph of WASP trainee Catherine McGrath from 44-W-10, wearing a jacket and cap with goggles and looking up to her left. On the back is a description: "Class 44-W-9, in flight #1, Avenger Field, June 20, 1944"
Date: June 20, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Pam L. Carr]

Photograph of WASP trainee Pam L. Carr from class 44-W-10 wearing a flight cap and jacket.
Date: June 20, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Ethel Lytch]

Portrait photograph of WASP Ethel Lytch, smiling in her flight cap and jacket.
Date: June 20, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History