Author: United States. Army Air ForcesPublisher:
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Languages : en
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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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2563rd Army Air Forces Base Unit, Avenger Field
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Category : Women air pilots
Languages : en
Pages :
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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.
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
Book Description
“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.
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
Book Description
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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History of the 2563D Army Air Forces Base Unit
Author: Roy P. WardPublisher:
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Category : Women air pilots
Languages : en
Pages : 222
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A Standard History of Georgia and Georgians
Author: Lucian Lamar KnightPublisher:
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Category : Georgia
Languages : en
Pages : 672
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Flygirl
Author: Sherri L. SmithPublisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0142417254
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
For fans of Unbroken and Ruta Sepetys. All Ida Mae Jones wants to do is fly. Her daddy was a pilot, and years after his death she feels closest to him when she's in the air. But as a young black woman in 1940s Louisiana, she knows the sky is off limits to her, until America enters World War II, and the Army forms the WASP-Women Airforce Service Pilots. Ida has a chance to fulfill her dream if she's willing to use her light skin to pass as a white girl. She wants to fly more than anything, but Ida soon learns that denying one's self and family is a heavy burden, and ultimately it's not what you do but who you are that's most important. Read Sherri L. Smith's posts on the Penguin Blog
Jazz in the Key of Light
Author: Ken FrancklingPublisher:
ISBN: 9780692265055
Category : Jazz
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
JAZZ IN THE KEY OF LIGHT is not your typical fine art photography book. In addition to visually capturing a variety of the world's jazz greats in performance or moments of personal reflection, author Ken Franckling paired the images with essential quotes from interviews he conducted with those same musicians in assignments for a variety of mainstream and music publications. The spotlighted musicians, some captured in historically important images, range from legends Dave Brubeck, Miles Davis and Sarah Vaughan to a variety of today's rising stars, including Nicki Parrott, Gregory Porter and Miguel Zenón.