Program: Celebration of Women in the Military (open access)

Program: Celebration of Women in the Military

Program for an event honoring women in military service at Barksdale Air Force Base. Charlyne Creger is listed as a speaker at the event and a short biography of her career is included in the program. Curled red, blue, and grey ribbons are attached the program.
Date: March 1995
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Charlyne Creger]

Photograph of Charlyne Creger seen from the chest up wearing a medium toned sweater over a light collared shirt, looking off camera to the right.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Moment in Russia (open access)

A Moment in Russia

Essay by Charlyne Creger describing her feelings of meeting Night Witch Bomber, Nadia Popova, and being honored alongside her and other Women Airforce Service Pilots at Russia's Victory Day Parade at Red Square, Moscow.
Date: unknown
Creator: Creger, Charlyne
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Charlyne Creger in Air Force Nursing Uniform]

Portrait of Charlyne Creger wearing her air force nursing uniform with U.S. and WASP Diamond Wing pins on her blazer, posing in front of a light background.
Date: 1951
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Women Outside Building]

Photograph of seven women and one man outside of building. Most of the women are wearing flight suits and are sitting on the ground and there's a vehicle in the background. The photograph has a scalloped border.
Date: 194X
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Man and Woman with Two Uniformed Men]

Photograph of a man and a woman with two men in military uniforms, posing for a picture. There are two rows of chairs set up behind them.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Man in Western Clothes]

Photograph of a man wearing western clothes facing a woman wearing a scarf tied around her head and a man. There's a decorative border around the image.
Date: 194X
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Woman in a Wet Flight Suit]

Photograph of a woman in a wet flight suit. She has a pen and some small items in her breast pocket and is standing in or in front of a fountain. The accompanying information states "she appears to have just been dunked in the wishing well."
Date: 194X
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Three WASP Posed with Plane]

Photograph of three Women Airforce Service Pilots wearing flight coveralls and posed next to a plane, with two sitting on its wing and the third standing with her back against the fuselage. All are smiling and facing the camera.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Women Around a Wishing Well]

Photograph of a group of women and one man around a wishing well at Avenger Field. The women are identified as women airforce service pilots, and Jacqueline Cochran is wearing the dark dress near the center of the group.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Group of Military Men Near Planes]

Photograph of two men in military uniform, one holding a bag, that appear to be speaking to one another while two others look on in the background. The back of another person can be seen in the left foreground, and a row of planes can be sen in the background to the left.
Date: 1942
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Avenger Field Christmas Card] (open access)

[Avenger Field Christmas Card]

Christmas Card from Avenger Field, Sweetwater, Texas, containing several photos of Women Airforce Service Pilots and their commanding officers. The card also includes a poem, Avenger Field, by Effie Pratt, class 43-W-8.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Man Riding Bucking Horse]

Photograph of a man riding a bucking horse. There are a few horses behind a fence next to the man riding. On the back of the photo is a list: "Betty 2 1 Ed 1 Cap 1 Army Bag."
Date: 194X
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[World War II Historical Exhibit Panel]

Photograph of a panel from a historical exhibition of World War II images showing soldiers in front of a large builiding. There is writing on the back of the photo: "[...] - Kiev, picture of d[...] in [...] WWII - Kiev."
Date: 1990~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[WASP Drenched from Well]

Photograph of a Woman Airforce Service Pilot seen from the neck down wearing wet coveralls, having been dunked into the Avenger Field wishing well behind her.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Woman in a Wet Flight Suit]

Photograph of a woman in a wet flight suit. Another woman is holding her sleeve with two fingers. The accompanying information states "she appears to have just been dunked in fountain."
Date: 194X
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Woman Sitting at a Desk]

Photograph of a woman, possibly Charlyne Creger, sitting at small desk, possibly on a boat. There is a calendar with a pinup girl on the wall in front of her and a photo of a woman on the desk.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[WASP Entry Requirements] (open access)

[WASP Entry Requirements]

Document discussing the requirements, courses, and amount of pay for the Women Airforce Service Pilots program. A correction note can be seen on the second requirement changing the minimum age from 21 years to 18 years and 6 months.
Date: unknown
Creator: Cochran, Jacqueline
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Women Getting Ready]

Photograph of two women airline service pilots getting ready in their barracks.
Date: 194X
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Women Airforce Service Pilots In Front of a Plane]

Photograph of three women airforce service pilots leaning on the tail of an airplane. "Yates" is written on the back of the photograph.
Date: 194X
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Pamphlet: Women Are Veterans, too!] (open access)

[Pamphlet: Women Are Veterans, too!]

Pamphlet mailed to Charlyne Creger providing information on how to apply for and obtain Veteran Administration benefits.
Date: unknown
Creator: Veterans Administration
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
[WASP Entry Requirements] (open access)

[WASP Entry Requirements]

Document discussing the requirements, courses, and amount of pay for the Women Airforce Service Pilots program.
Date: unknown
Creator: Cochran, Jacqueline
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Card from Nancy and Deanie Parrish to Charlyne Creger] (open access)

[Card from Nancy and Deanie Parrish to Charlyne Creger]

Christmas card sent from Nancy and Deanie Parrish to Charlyne Creger, thanking her for her participation and patience in the Wings Across America Foundation, explaining how much the organization has accomplished so far, and mentioning an enclosed gift CD of WASP marching songs. The front of the card features a Christmas tree illustration with the photographed faces of WASP members as ornaments. A list of names of all the WASP in the tree is printed on the back.
Date: unknown
Creator: Parrish, Nancy A. & Parrish, Deanie
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from General H. H. Arnold to Charlyne Creger, December 7, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from General H. H. Arnold to Charlyne Creger, December 7, 1944]

Letter from the General H. H. Arnold to Rosa C. Creger recognizing the services performed by the Women Airforce Service Pilots(U.S.) during World War II and explaining reasons to demobilize the WASPs.
Date: December 7, 1944
Creator: Arnold, Henry Harley
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History