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[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. and Frances Yerkes, April 27, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. and Frances Yerkes, April 27, 1943]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes to her parents discussing graduation from primary flight training, visiting Dallas with a Phil (Kafka?), and the transition to basic flight training.
Date: April 27, 1943
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, November 27, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, November 27, 1943]

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing having Thanksgiving dinner on American Airlines, staying in the Hotel Scharbauer in Midland, winter weather in West Texas, a ball at the hotel, recent letters, shows she'd like to see, and flying. Written on Hotel Scharbauer stationary.
Date: November 27, 1943
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, May 27, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, May 27, 1943]

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing new student pilots, adjusting living arrangements, check pilots, classes, news about friends, a particularly difficult instructor, and mail. Typed on USO Seasons Greetings stationary.
Date: May 27, 1943
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, July 27, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, July 27, 1943]

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing money, gas coupons, assignments for trainee pilots, uniforms, her wrist injury, dive bombers practicing over homes, and identifying planes by their motors' sounds.
Date: July 27, 1943
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Frances Yerkes, December 27, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Frances Yerkes, December 27, 1943]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes to her mother discussing mail, orders to ferry a UC-78, selling her car, bonds and rations, and Christmas greetings and celebrations. Typed on Santa Rita Hotel stationary.
Date: December 27, 1943
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, July 27, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, July 27, 1943]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes, most likely to her mother, discussing the recipient's health and trying to convince them to see a doctor, getting a new ration book, her car, the heat, food, and her flight training.
Date: July 27, 1943
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[WASP Student Time Sheet] (open access)

[WASP Student Time Sheet]

Student daily time sheet for flight times during Women Airforce Service Pilot training. Several names can be seen listed next to their time information, and the date 7-27-43 can be seen written at the top of each sheet.
Date: July 27, 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Delnar Werner to Mickey McLernon, December 27, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Delnar Werner to Mickey McLernon, December 27, 1943]

Letter from Delnar Werner to Mickey McLernon discussing recent experiences in aviation, including shooting down a B-17.
Date: December 27, 1943
Creator: Werner, Delnar L.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Check Paid to J. M. Wagstaff, May 27, 1943] (open access)

[Check Paid to J. M. Wagstaff, May 27, 1943]

Check for $250 paid to J. M. Wagstaff by the Plosser-Prince Air Academy in Sweetwater, Texas for expenses on trial at Abilene, Texas.
Date: May 27, 1943
Creator: Plosser-Prince Air Academy
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Joe B. Plosser to J. M. Wagstaff, May 27, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Joe B. Plosser to J. M. Wagstaff, May 27, 1943]

Letter from Joe B. Plosser to Judge J. M. Wagstaff thanking Judge Wagstaff for this help. Plosser also enclosed a check within the letter.
Date: May 27, 1943
Creator: Plosser, Joseph B.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Clyde O. Eastus to Dan Moody, May 27, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Clyde O. Eastus to Dan Moody, May 27, 1943]

Letter from Clyde O. Eastus to Dan Moody discusses the possibility of Plosser et. al. in the criminal case of the United States vs. Plosser et. al. agreeing to pay a sum of money in order for the case to be dismissed.
Date: May 27, 1943
Creator: Eastus, Clyde O.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Joe B. Plosser to Captain Daly, May 27, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Joe B. Plosser to Captain Daly, May 27, 1943]

Letter from Joe B. Plosser to Captain Daly discussing "losses sustained in the Air Transport Command by the Plosser-Prince Air Academy."
Date: May 27, 1943
Creator: Plosser, Joseph B.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Eagle, Volume 2 , Number 4, Thursday, May 27, 1943 (open access)

The Eagle, Volume 2 , Number 4, Thursday, May 27, 1943

Weekly newsletter published for employees of the Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation Fort Worth Division containing work-related information, updates about employees, and other news.
Date: May 27, 1943
Creator: Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, April 27, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, April 27, 1943]

Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. on April 27, 1943. He sends an order that will allow them to send him film. He discusses the food, how he made himself a footlocker, and a radio his company bought.
Date: April 27, 1943
Creator: Willis, John Todd, Jr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Newsmap. Monday, December 27, 1943 : week of December 16 to December 22, 224th week of the war, 106th week of U.S. participation

Front: Text describes action on various war fronts: USSR, Southwest Pacific, Italy, Air offensive, Yugoslavia. Maps: Eastern front; Netherlands Indies; Southwest New Britain. Photographs: French troops of 2nd Moroccan Division fight in Italy; Half-track loaded with Frenchmen crosses the Volturno; French First Armored Division during maneuvers; B-25 Mitchell bomber; 75mm shell for the cannon on the Mitchell bomber; Japanese destroyer after being hit by shells from the Mitchell bomber; Gen. Bernard Montgomery commander of the British Eighth Army explains battle strategy to Soviet generals: Maj. Gen. Vasiliev and Maj. Gen. Solodvnik. Back: Map showing Japanese controlled areas. Inset maps illustrate Japanese territorial acquisitions over time. Includes "Text of the general statement issued after the Cairo conference attended by President Roosevelt, Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek and Prime Minister Churchill, together with their respective military and diplomatic advisers."
Date: December 27, 1943
Creator: [United States.] Army Orientation Course.
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

Newsmap. Monday, September 27, 1943 : week of September 16 to September 23, 211th week of the war, 93rd week of U.S. participation

Front: Text describes action on various war fronts: Italy, Sardinia and Corsica, Russia, Southwest pacific, Dodecanese Is., Gilbert Is., Yugoslavia. Maps show Russian front; European fronts; Jap-controlled territory in Southwest Pacific. Inset map shows battle line of Russian front on July 5th. Includes 7 photographs of war action. Back: Progress of the War : Report from the Chief of Staff to the Secretary of War : 1 July 1941 to 30 June 1943. Extensive text with 2 maps: Deployment of American troops; Time and space chart: air and water logistics.
Date: September 27, 1943
Creator: [United States.] Army Orientation Course.
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library