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THE STATE OF TEXAS GOVERNOR
'To aff to whom these presents shaff come,
greetings: '1now ye that this official recognition is presented to: Women Airforce Service Pilots During a time when the United States needed the best out of every American, the Women Airforce Service Pifots (WASP) answered the caff. With pilots in short suyy, these women stepyeX Jorwarlto untrgo the same training as their ma~e counterparts, (earning toffy just about everything the United States mifltary couff put in the sky. T he missions theyffew might not have involved combat, but the WASP contribution to the war effort - and to the hives of the women whoff(owecfthem into the cockypit -was monumentaL First Ladyj Anita Perry joins me in congratufating this extraordinary group of women. In testimony whereof I have signed my name and caused the Seaf of the State of 49 Texas to be affixed at the City oj Austin, this the 12" day of September, 2008. M~s HEMEGovernor of Texas