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[Wooden Plane]

Description: Small, wooden plane with the words, "Keep 'em flying" burned into the wings and "Abilene, Tx" burned into the back. A label is attached to the plane with string and is address from "Mother" to Moris Baxter.
Date: 1944
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[WASP Wing Sticker]

Description: Blue sticker that says "Women Airforce Service Pilot, WWII" and has the WASP diamond wings logo printed on it.
Date: unknown
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Cards From Crossing the Equator]

Description: Two cards received by Jack Vaughan with a note that says "Cards I was given when I crossed the equator June 1942." The first card is labeled "Ancient Order of the Deep" certifying that Vaughan crossed the equator aboard the U.S.S. Wharton. The second card is labeled "Domain of Neptunus Rex" verifying that Vaughan had crossed the equator aboard the U.S.S. Wichita.
Date: June 1, 1942
Partner: Arlington Public Library

[Enlisted Man's Pass]

Description: A blank "enlisted man's pass," used to authorize a soldier to be away from his post.
Date: 1940~/1949~
Partner: Arlington Historical Society’s Fielder House Museum

[Notice of Classification Card]

Description: Notice of Classification card for Ren W. Powell.
Date: February 1945
Partner: Arlington Historical Society’s Fielder House Museum

[Soldier's Permanent Pass]

Description: Permanent Class A Pass for Ren W. Powell.
Date: July 1, 1946
Partner: Arlington Historical Society’s Fielder House Museum

[Identification Card]

Description: Identification card of Bob Powell, a merchant seaman in the United States Marine Corps including a headshot, fingerprint, and personal information.
Date: 1940~/1949~
Partner: Arlington Historical Society’s Fielder House Museum

[Vocational Training Card]

Description: Vocational training card belonging to Jack Vaughan. It certifies that he has satisfactorily completed vocational training at Klamath Union High School as a sheet metal worker.
Date: February 28, 1945
Partner: Arlington Public Library

[WASP Dog Tag]

Description: Military dog tag of Women Airforce Service Pilot member, Virginia A. McPike, attached to a metal chain.
Date: unknown
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[WASP Eagle Pass Unit Plaque]

Description: Plaque with an inscription describing the duties of Women Airforce Service Pilots and particularly the duties of of the WASP who trained to tow gunnery targets at Eagle Pass Army Airfield, known as the "Matilda" project. Listed are the WASP who comprised the Eagle Pass Unit, as well a list of WASP members and friends who contributed to the plaque.
Date: unknown
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Fifinella Matchbook]

Description: Commemorative matchbook made for the 30th WASP reunion on June 23-25, 1972. The matchbook has a Fifinella mascot, as designed by Walt Disney, printed in blue on the cover along with the group name, "Order of the Fifinella". Information about the reunion in Sweetwater can be seen printed in blue on the back.
Date: 1972~
Creator: Diamond Match Division
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[WASP Patch]

Description: Fabric patch with a depiction of Fifinella, the mascot of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP). The round patch has a white background and a blue border. "W.A.S.P." and "Women Airforce Service Pilots WWII" is printed under the image of Fifinella. "Pat Lewis" is written on the back.
Date: unknown
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Fifinella Patch]

Description: An embroidered patch of the famous Women Airforce Service Pilots mascot, the Fifinella, based on the design by Walt Disney. The base number "318th AAFFTD" (Army Air Forces Flying Training Detachment) can be seen embroidered below the Fifinella to the bottom right.
Date: unknown
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Novelty Pearl Harbor Underwear]

Description: White fabric shaped to look like miniature underpants edged with beige lace, printed with the text: "Greetings from San Francisco, Calif. Don't get caught with your pants down. Remember Pearl Harbor."
Date: 194X
Partner: Heritage Association of Frisco

[100 Mexican Pesos]

Description: Paper bill worth 100 Mexican pesos printed in 1942. This bill has a photograph of a man on the far right side and a large "100" printed in the left center portion of the front side; the title of the bill is "El Banco de Mexico." The back of the bill has a photograph of a large building in the center, "100" printed on the far left and right, and a note on the bottom saying "Cien Pesos."
Date: November 15, 1942
Partner: Pioneer City County Museum

[Second Series 10 Filipino Pesos]

Description: Paper bill worth ten pesos used by the Japanese government during the occupation of the Philippines from 1942 to 1945. This bill has a title on the top: "The Japanese Government," a picture of a monument on the far right and a large "10" on the left; the back side has an ornate border with "pesos" printed in the center.
Date: [1943..1945]
Partner: Pioneer City County Museum

[Tax Refund Check to Hazel Nunn, February 4, 1948]

Description: Tax refund check in the amount of $10.65 sent to Hazel Nunn of Sweetwater, Texas. The check has the date, the amount paid, name of recipient, and instructions to "not fold, spindle or mutilate." Also included is the envelope it was delivered in, which says: "U. S. Treasury Department Division of Disbursement."
Date: February 4, 1948
Creator: United States. Department of the Treasury
Partner: Pioneer City County Museum

[50 Filipino Centavos]

Description: Paper bill worth fifty centavos used by the Japanese government during their occupation of the Philippines from 1942 to 1945. This bill has a picture on the front right of a person riding an animal through a forest of palm trees; there is an ornate design on the back side with double "50" printed on the left and right.
Date: 1942
Partner: Pioneer City County Museum

[10 Filipino Pesos]

Description: Paper bill worth ten pesos used by the Japanese government during their occupation of the Philippines from 1942-1945. The front of the bill has text saying "The Japanese Government," and "Ten Pesos." On the right side of the bill there is a picture of a person riding a horse through a forest of palm trees, and on the left there is a large "X" printed in white. The back of the bill has "Ten Pesos" printed in a large font with an ornate design for a border.
Date: 1942
Partner: Pioneer City County Museum

[Red Cross Sticker]

Description: Square sticker with a red cross inside a white circle, on a dark blue background. The words "Moisten gummed edges and apply to window" are at the bottom of the sticker.
Date: 1940~/1949~
Partner: Arlington Historical Society’s Fielder House Museum

[WASP badge]

Description: A badge for Women Air Force Service Pilots, WWII, the successor organization to the Order of Fifinella. It features a WASP wing and the words "Woman Air Force Service Pilot WW II" in silver lettering on a dark blue background.
Date: unknown
Creator: Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.)
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Fifinella patch]

Description: Color patch featuring Fifinella, the WASP mascot.
Date: 1944%
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Order of Fifinella decal]

Description: A decal for the Order of Fifinella, featuring a colored rendition of the original Fifinella mascot designed by Walt Disney and instructions for application on the reverse.
Date: 1960~/1969~
Creator: Prentice Products Corporation
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Cornelia Yerkes War Department ID]

Description: War Department-issued identification card for Cornelia Yerkes as a civilian noncombatant.
Date: May 3, 1945
Creator: United States. War Department. Adjutant General's Office
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum
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