A Question of Equity: The WASP in World War II (open access)

A Question of Equity: The WASP in World War II

Essay by former Women Airforce Service Pilot, Eleanor Brown, discussing the history and importance of the WASP and their long struggle for militarization. Included are a photocopied newspaper clipping describing the resistance to militarization and a small note about the essay. Various grammatical and syntactical corrections are handwritten in pen throughout the piece.
Date: December 2, 1982
Creator: Brown, Eleanor
Object Type: Paper
System: The Portal to Texas History
[WASP Board of Directors] (open access)

[WASP Board of Directors]

List of directors of the Women Airforce Service Pilots for 1982 to 1984 and a map of the continental united states divided into three districts.
Date: 1982/1984
Creator: Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.)
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

Dallas - Ft Worth Sectional Aeronautical Chart, 27th Edition

Aeronautical map of the Oklahoma and Texas regions surrounding the Dallas/Fort Worth area that shows cities, topographical features, flight training areas, and various aeronautical symbols for flight navigation. Scale 1:500,000.
Date: January 21, 1982
Creator: United States. Department of Commerce.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Women Airforce Service Pilots, WWII: 1982 Bi-ennial Convention (open access)

Women Airforce Service Pilots, WWII: 1982 Bi-ennial Convention

Schedule of events for the 1982 biennial Women Airforce Service Pilots convention that includes agenda items such as committee reports, change of officers, and a requiem honoring deceased WASP members.
Date: 1982
Creator: Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.)
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Ben Kelley, March 26, 1982 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Ben Kelley, March 26, 1982

Interview with Ben Kelley regarding his experiences in the military and as a prisoner of war of the Japanese during World War II. He was part of the 36th Division, Texas National Guard, 131st Field Artillery, 2nd Battalion. He was captured on the island of Java in March of 1942 and spent the duration of the war thereafter as a prison of war in camps in South East Asia and in Japan.
Date: March 26, 1982
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Kelley, Ben
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library