[General Hap Arnold Address in Sweetwater, Texas, December 7, 1944] (open access)

[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
[Transfer and promotion for Gayle Snell] (open access)

[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

[Portrait of Gayle Snell]

Photograph portrait of Women Airforce Service Pilot Gaye Snell, smiling in her flying cap and jacket. In the bottom write is an autograph reading: "Lots of luck[,] Gayle"
Date: June 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[WASP with Puppy]

Photograph of a WASP trainee in civilian clothes holding a puppy. She is standing between barracks at Avenger Field.
Date: 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[WASP on AT-6C]

Photograph of a smiling WASP standing in a flight suit on the port wing of a AT-6C trainer.
Date: 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History