Letter from Catherine to her husband Joe discussing news from home, including Kelly having a nervous breakdown and plans for dinner with Mae and Lorraine. Catherine also celebrates that Joe has completed 36 missions, and looks forward to his homecoming.

Letter from Catherine to her husband Joe discussing news from home, including Lorraine giving birth to a baby girl named Julie Kate. Catherine also reminds Joe to write letters to Cope and A.C., and not to send to much money home.

Letter from Catherine to her husband Joe discussing news from home, including celebrating Corrine's birthday, Rosemary asking her to come to Gonzales, and Baker going to the Texas Open.

Letter from Catherine to her husband Joe discussing news from home, including her busyness at work, lunch with Mammy, and Mr. Davis changing his mind about a trip to New York.

Letter from Catherine to her husband Joe discussing news from home, including her pride at Joe getting his diploma, eating Mexican food for supper at the Catholic church with Evelyn, and getting his watch fixed.

Letter from Catherine to her husband Joe discussing news from home, including Joyce and Gregg Wiley's marriage, which Catherine disapproves of, supper with Missie, Christmas celebrations, and the weather.

Letter from Joe to his wife Catherine discussing his sympathy for John not getting a furlough, drinking a few beers with his crew at the Snake Ranch, and making plans to go bowling with Williams.

Letter from Joe to his wife Catherine discussing the mail service, attending a medical lecture, working at the latrine, and fixing his mosquito net.

Letter from Joe to his wife Catherine discussing the mail service, the impressiveness of Catherine's golf scores, boiling water due to the city's inaction on fixing the pipes, and the squadron being able to keep up with news in the United States via their radio.

Letter from Joe to his wife Catherine discussing his hangover, complimenting Catherine on making a new dress, cleaning his guns, the weather, and enjoying listening to the radio.

Letter from Joe to his wife Catherine discussing the mail service, seeing the movie " The Wife Takes a Flyer" the night before, and listening to the radio.

Letter from Joe to his wife Catherine discussing his uneventful day including beginning to build a little house to store guns in, deciding not to play poker, and taking some pictures to mail to her.

Interview with Truett Davis, U.S. Navy veteran, concerning his experiences aboard the target battleship USS Utah during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

Interview with W. R. Sample, an Army Air Corps veteran, concerning his experiences at Wheeler Field with the 6th Pursuit Squadron during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

Interview with John Cloud, U.S. Army veteran, concerning his experiences at Schofield Barracks with quartermaster personnel during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

Interview with J. V. Hammond, a U.S. Navy WWII veteran, concerning his experiences aboard the repair ship USS Medusa during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

Interview with General Robert E. Galer, a Marine Corps veteran (VMF-224) and recipient of the Medal of Honor, concerning his experiences concerning the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941; the Guadalcanal Campaign as commander of VMF-224; and as head of the 584 Radar units during the campaigns for the Philippines, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa. Navy ROTC at the University of Washington, 1931-35; pilot training at Sand Point, Pensacola, and Quantico, 1935-38; assignment to amphibian squadron on Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands, 1938-40, and his minor role in the "destroyers-for-bases" deal with Great Britain, 1940; assignment as commander of VMF-224, 1942; description of the Grumman Wildcat fighter plane; assignment to Henderson Field, Guadalcanal, 1942; episodes involving aerial combat against the Japanese; aerial combat tactics; living conditions at Henderson Field; shot down for the first time on September 12, 1942; shot down for a second time on October 2, 1942; personnel problems with dysentery and malaria; reassignment to COMAIRPAC, November, 1943; Command and Staff College, 1943; awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for twenty-nine consecutive days of combat and eleven-and-one-half kills; meeting President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the Oval Office; development of the 584 Radar for close-air support; Iwo Jima, …

Transcript of an interview with John Cowden, a Navy veteran from Missouri, concerning his experiences aboard the battleship USS West Virginia during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

Photograph of a crowd of people along East Broadway Avenue and on the steps of the Nolan County Courthouse, viewed from the intersection of Locust and Broadway in Sweetwater, Texas. The crowd is watching a parade. Various 1980s-style cars are parked in the parking lot and along Broadway.

Out-of-focus photograph of fifteen WASP veterans posing at an airshow on the starboard side of a Navy SNJ Texan. Two of them are wearing WASP uniforms. A child is visible sitting in the rear cockpit, while more people stand around on the opposite side.

Letter from Phil and Cornelia Yerkes Kafka to Cornelia's mother discussing a recent flight, visiting with various people, leaving Tampa for Okeechobee and Fort Lauderdale, fishing, and a cat. Typed on Hotel Annapolis (Washington DC) stationary.

Photograph of six WASP veterans sitting on the edge of what appears to be a flat truck bed. Four of them are wearing their uniforms. More women sit on the left end of the bed, behind which are two standing uniformed women, as well as a man with a camera to their right and a younger woman walking behind them.

Photograph of fifteen women posing at an airshow on the starboard side of a Navy SNJ Texan. Two of them are wearing WASP uniforms. A child is visible sitting in the rear cockpit, while more people stand around on the opposite side.

Out-of-focus photograph of fifteen WASP veterans posing at an airshow on the starboard side of a Navy SNJ Texan. Two of them are wearing WASP uniforms. A child is visible sitting in the rear cockpit, while more people stand around on the opposite side.