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Category : Women air pilots
Languages : en
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Classbook of the Women Airforce Service Pilots in training at Avenger Field, Sweetwater, Texas during World War II with individual and group photographs.
2563rd Army Air Forces Base Unit, Avenger Field
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Category : Women air pilots
Languages : en
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Classbook of the Women Airforce Service Pilots in training at Avenger Field, Sweetwater, Texas during World War II with individual and group photographs.
2563rd Army Air Forces Base Unit, Avenger Field, Sweetwater, Texas
Author: United States. Army Air ForcesPublisher:
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Languages : en
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Recognition for Purposes of VA Benefits
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Veterans' AffairsPublisher:
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Category : Filipinos
Languages : en
Pages : 392
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Texas and Texans in World War II
Author: Christopher B. BeanPublisher: Texas A&M University Press
ISBN: 1623499704
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
Texans in World War II offers an informative look at the challenges and changes faced by Texans on the home front during the Second World War. This collection of essays by leading scholars of Texas history covers topics from the African American and Tejano experience to organized labor, from the expanding opportunities for women to the importance of oil and agriculture. Texans in World War II makes local the frequently studied social history of wartime, bringing it home to Texas. An eye-opening read for Texans eager to learn more about this defining era in their state’s history, this book will also prove deeply informative for scholars, students, and general readers seeking detailed, definitive information about World War II and its implications for daily life, economic growth, and social and political change in the Lone Star State.
To Provide Recognition to the Women's Air Force Service Pilots for Their Service During World War II by Deeming Such Service to Have Been Active Duty in the Armed Forces of the United States for Purposes of Laws Administered by the Veterans Administration
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Select Subcommittee to Review WASP BillsPublisher:
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 472
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The Women with Silver Wings
Author: Katherine Sharp LanddeckPublisher: Crown
ISBN: 1524762822
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 466
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“With the fate of the free world hanging in the balance, women pilots went aloft to serve their nation. . . . A soaring tale in which, at long last, these daring World War II pilots gain the credit they deserve.”—Liza Mundy, New York Times bestselling author of Code Girls “A powerful story of reinvention, community and ingenuity born out of global upheaval.”—Newsday When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor in December 1941, Cornelia Fort was already in the air. At twenty-two, Fort had escaped Nashville’s debutante scene for a fresh start as a flight instructor in Hawaii. She and her student were in the middle of their lesson when the bombs began to fall, and they barely made it back to ground that morning. Still, when the U.S. Army Air Forces put out a call for women pilots to aid the war effort, Fort was one of the first to respond. She became one of just over 1,100 women from across the nation to make it through the Army’s rigorous selection process and earn her silver wings. The brainchild of trailblazing pilots Nancy Love and Jacqueline Cochran, the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) gave women like Fort a chance to serve their country—and to prove that women aviators were just as skilled as men. While not authorized to serve in combat, the WASP helped train male pilots for service abroad, and ferried bombers and pursuits across the country. Thirty-eight WASP would not survive the war. But even taking into account these tragic losses, Love and Cochran’s social experiment seemed to be a resounding success—until, with the tides of war turning, Congress clipped the women’s wings. The program was disbanded, the women sent home. But the bonds they’d forged never failed, and over the next few decades they came together to fight for recognition as the military veterans they were—and for their place in history.
Hearings, Reports and Prints of the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Veterans' AffairsPublisher:
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Category : Legislative hearings
Languages : en
Pages : 1108
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On Final Approach
Author: Byrd H. GrangerPublisher:
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 776
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Report
Author: United States. Congress. HousePublisher:
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1260
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Report
Author: United States. Congress. SenatePublisher:
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Category : United States
Languages : en
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