We Ran Away From Home Last Fall to See the World...

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Letter from Celia and Ginny to Alberta discussing their time in Sweden, Austria, Italy, Norway, and sharing a diary of other travels throughout Europe and Ethiopia.

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2 p. ; 36 x 22 cm.

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Hill, Ginny Creation Date: Unknown.

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National WASP WWII Museum

Located at Avenger Field in Nolan County Texas, the WASP World War II Museum commits to preserving the legacy of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) of WWII. As a teaching museum, it features archives, exhibits, and oral histories that record a significant period in history when women dared to break barriers and contribute to victory.

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Letter from Celia and Ginny to Alberta discussing their time in Sweden, Austria, Italy, Norway, and sharing a diary of other travels throughout Europe and Ethiopia.

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2 p. ; 36 x 22 cm.

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National WASP WWII Museum

Bringing the history of the Women Airforce Service Pilots to life, these archives represent the role of the flight school in training women pilots to fly military planes and show how WASPs responded socially and professionally to new challenges brought by war. Included are financial documents, photographs, scrapbooks, correspondence, pilots' logs, and flight manuals.

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Featuring thousands of newspapers, photographs, sound recordings, technical drawings, and much more, this diverse collection tells the story of Texas through the preservation and exhibition of valuable resources.

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Hill, Ginny. We Ran Away From Home Last Fall to See the World..., text, Date Unknown; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1030067/: accessed April 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting National WASP WWII Museum.

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