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[Clipping: Women At War] (open access)

[Clipping: Women At War]

Newspaper clipping describing the experiences of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.) including their activities after the group was deactivated and their fight for militarization.
Date: September 14, 1975
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[1975 WASP Reunion Name Tag for Charlyne Creger] (open access)

[1975 WASP Reunion Name Tag for Charlyne Creger]

Name tag from the 1975 Women Airforce Service Pilots Reunion on which Charlyne Creger's name and class number are handwritten. The tag features an illustration of the WASP Diamond Wings logo at the top.
Date: June 1975
Creator: Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.)
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

Denver Sectional Aeronautical Chart, 13th Edition

Aeronautical map of a four state region consisting of Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, and Colorado that shows cities, topographical features, ranch lands, national parks, and various aeronautical symbols for flight navigation. A large portion of Colorado and its cities make up most of the map. Scale 1:500,000.
Date: August 14, 1975
Creator: United States. Department of Commerce.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Charlyne Creger to the Women Airforce Service Pilots, July 26, 1975] (open access)

[Letter from Charlyne Creger to the Women Airforce Service Pilots, July 26, 1975]

Letter from Charlyne Creger to the Women Airforce Service Pilots informing them that she is their new newsletter contact. She also gives them some updates about upcoming events and changes to their organization.
Date: July 26, 1975
Creator: Creger, Charlyne
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Last Will and Testament of Michael Dixon (open access)

Last Will and Testament of Michael Dixon

Final will and testament of Michael Dixon, in which he grant his estate to his friend, Charlyne Creger.
Date: November 1, 1975
Creator: Dixon, Michael
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: "Woman Recalls World War II Pilot Days"] (open access)

[Clipping: "Woman Recalls World War II Pilot Days"]

Newspaper clipping with an article about Ruth Florey's and Clinnie Lovvorn's service with the WASP.
Date: April 6, 1975
Creator: Borden, Robert C.
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Results of the 1975 WASP Questionnaire] (open access)

[Results of the 1975 WASP Questionnaire]

Results from a questionnaire reporting women's experiences with the Women Airforce Service Pilots program along with pages of facts and statistics gathered to make a case in favor for the militarization of WASP members and to award them veteran status for their military service.
Date: 1975
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Miss Ziggy Hunter: Her Accomplishments in the Field of Aviation (open access)

Miss Ziggy Hunter: Her Accomplishments in the Field of Aviation

A compilation of the many achievements of Women Airforce Service Pilot flight instructor, Ziggy Hunter, as a pioneer in aviation. Notes on the cover page indicate that the author, Nettie Moore, was a WASP control tower operator and that her attempts to gain national honor for Hunter have gone unsuccessful as of 1980.
Date: May 10, 1975
Creator: More, Nettie D.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Women: A Selected Bibliography 1970-1975] (open access)

[Women: A Selected Bibliography 1970-1975]

Army bibliography of books, periodicals, and specialized services on the topic of women in various areas of culture.
Date: June 1975
Creator: The Army Library
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Sara Hayden to Charlyne, July 18, 1975] (open access)

[Letter from Sara Hayden to Charlyne, July 18, 1975]

Letter from Sara Hayden to Charlyne (Creger?) discussing Charlyne taking on the role of class secretary.
Date: July 18, 1975
Creator: Hayden, Sara
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with J. W. Buck, February 24, 1975 (open access)

Oral History Interview with J. W. Buck, February 24, 1975

Interview with J. W. Buck, an Army veteran (2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery, Texas National Guard) and a member of the "Lost Battalion," concerning his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Buck talks about the fall of Java and his capture, Bicycle Camp in Batavia (1942), Changi Prison Camp in Singapore (1942), building the Burma-Thailand Death Railway (1942-1944), Kanchanaburi, Thailand (1944), Bangkok, Thailand (1945), and his liberation.
Date: February 24, 1975
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Buck, J. W., 1920-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Raymond E. Abbitt, February 25, 1975 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Raymond E. Abbitt, February 25, 1975

Interview with Father Raymond Abbitt discussing his experiences as a civilian internee of the Japanese during World War II. He was captured on the Island of Mindanao in the Philippines and held in various Japanese camps in the Philippines.
Date: February 25, 1975
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Clyde Funk, February 22, 1975 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Clyde Funk, February 22, 1975

Interview with Clyde Funk, physician and U.S. Army Air Corps veteran, concerning his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Germans after being shot down over Nazi-occupied France during World War II. Funk discusses the Normandy invasion (1944), the shooting down of his bomber and his capture in France on October 12, 1944, his interrogation at Dalag Luft, Wetzlar, Germany, Oberursel, Stalag Luft 3-A, Sagan, Stalag Luft 7-A, Moosburg, forced marches, and his liberation by American troops.
Date: February 22, 1975
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Funk, Clyde
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Willie L. Benton, March 10, 1975 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Willie L. Benton, March 10, 1975

Interview with Willie Benton, an electrician and a Marine Corps veteran, concerning his experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Benton discusses his pre-war embassy duty in Peking, North China with the 6th Marines, his capture in Peking, Wusong (Woosung) Prison Camp, Shanghai (1942-1945), Fengtai and Kiangwang (Kiangwan) Prison Camps (1945), Pusan, Korea (1945), Hakodate, Hokkaido (1945), and his liberation.
Date: March 10, 1975
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Benton, Willie L.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library