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[Cornelia Yerkes commercial airman medical certificate, 1951]
A medical certificate issued to Cornelia Yerkes as a commercial airman.
Date:
February 21, 1951
Creator:
United States. Department of Commerce. Civil Aviation Administration
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Telegram from "Shelton" to Frances Yerkes and Mrs. E. G. Baxter, February 10, 1947]
Telegram from a Shelton to Mrs. E. G. Baxter by care of Frances Yerkes, stating that they were not able to make a reservation somewhere and will write from Topeka, KS the following day.
Date:
February 10, 1947
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Marion to Frances Yerkes, February 2, 1945]
Letter from Cornelia Yerkes' friend Marion to Frances Yerkes.
Date:
February 2, 1945
Creator:
Marion
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Cornelia Yerkes aircraft rating certificate]
Pilot rating for Cornelia Yerkes indicating that she was qualified on both single and multi-engined aircraft and seaplanes.
Date:
February 6, 1945
Creator:
United States. Department of Commerce. Civil Aviation Administration
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, February 1943?]
Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing money, transferring bank accounts from Atlanta to Sweetwater, passing a check flight, staying in sickbay, news from home, a student pilot's poetry, practicing stalls, sending mail, and nurses.
Date:
1943-02~
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Jax 'Wasp' Says Women Who Fly Need Stamina]
Newspaper clipping of the article, "Jax 'Wasp' Says Women Who Fly Need Stamina" which profiles Cornelia Yerkes and includes a photo of Yerkes in uniform. the article discusses her training, certifications, and her experience ferrying planes.
Date:
February 22, 1945
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, February 1942]
Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing getting transportation without her car, being accepted into the Women's Flying Training Detachment, pay, and her schedule.
Date:
February 1943
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Jacqueline Cochran to Cornelia Yerkes, February 6, 1945]
Letter from WASP leader Jacqueline Cochran to Cornelia Yerkes (courtesy of her father Fred) introducing a certificate recognizing her service as a WASP.
Date:
February 6, 1945
Creator:
Cochran, Jacqueline
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with William J. Lesko, February 17, 1999
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Interview with William J. Lesko, a Army Air Corps WWII veteran from New Kensington, Pennsylvania, who served with the 14th Combat Cargo Group in the China-Burma-India Theater. Lesko discusses his family background, enlisting and training to be a radar and radio technician, deployment to India, flying supplies to British troops in Burma, the end of the war, returning to the United States, and life postwar.
Date:
February 17, 1999
Creator:
Alexander, William J. & Lesko, William J.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Dave C. Sanford, February 25, 1999
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Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Interview with Dave C. Sanford, a Army WWII veteran from Carter, South Dakota, who served as a mortarman in the 37th Infantry Division. Sanford discusses growing up, his experiences in the Great Depression, being drafted and training, the New Georgia, Guadalcanal, Bougainville, and Philippine campaigns, being wounded and discharged, and life afterwards.
Date:
February 25, 1999
Creator:
Alexander, William J. & Sanford, Dave C.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Special Pre "Red Alert" Notice
A notice from Bee Haydu, asking members of a former WASP organization to contact their local Captains with their contact information, and information on upcoming legislation concerning the veteran status of former WASP members.
Date:
February 1977
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Snapp, Helen]
Newspaper clipping of a death notice for WASP member Helen Wyatt Snapp. The clipping includes other articles about local news, including medical care and immigration.
Date:
February 24, 2013
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History