Remarks for WASP Memorial (open access)

Remarks for WASP Memorial

Remarks given by WASP veteran Dora Dougherty Strother at a memorial service for lost WASPs, held during the 1986 reunion in Sweetwater, Texas.
Date: September 26, 1986
Creator: Strother, Dora Dougherty
System: The Portal to Texas History
[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)
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Press Release: Address by General H.H. Arnold, Commanding General, Army Air Forces, Before WASP Ceremony, Sweetwater, Texas, Tuesday, December 7, 1944] (open access)

[Press Release: Address by General H.H. Arnold, Commanding General, Army Air Forces, Before WASP Ceremony, Sweetwater, Texas, Tuesday, December 7, 1944]

War Department press releases quoting the speech General Arnold gave to the final graduating class of Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II.
Date: December 7, 1944
Creator: Arnold, Henry Harley
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Avenger Field Renaming Ceremony Speech by Ann Atkeison] (open access)

[Avenger Field Renaming Ceremony Speech by Ann Atkeison]

Speech given by Ann Atkeison honoring the history of Avenger Field.
Date: May 20, 1989
Creator: Atkeison, Ann
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Press Release: Address by General H.H. Arnold, and Statement from Jacqueline Cochran] (open access)

[Press Release: Address by General H.H. Arnold, and Statement from Jacqueline Cochran]

War Department press release quoting the speech General Arnold gave to the final graduating class of Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II and a statement made by Jacqueline Cochran on the WASP's accomplishments. The pages are torn away at the edges in several places, most noticeably in the bottom left corner of the first page.
Date: December 7, 1944
Creator: Arnold, Henry Harley
System: The Portal to Texas History
[WASP Memorial Remarks by Dora Dougherty Strother] (open access)

[WASP Memorial Remarks by Dora Dougherty Strother]

Remarks for a WASP Memorial service in Sweetwater, Texas by Dora Dougherty Strother.
Date: September 26, 1986
Creator: Strother, Dora Dougherty
System: The Portal to Texas History