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[Essay by Charlyne Creger]

Description: Photocopy of an essay by Charlyne Creger describing how her life was impacted by World War II and recalling what led her to join the Women Airforce Service Pilots. A few grammar corrections have been written in red ink on the page. The original copy appears to have been bound in a book.
Date: unknown
Creator: Creger, Charlyne
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

Famous Aviator Pictures No. 8: Capt. Edwin C. Musick

Description: Heinz "Famous Aviator Pictures" card number 8, featuring a color lithograph of Captain Edwin Musick, with a Pan-American Clipper pictured in flight behind him over a coastline. On the back is a blurb about Musick's role as the first pilot to fly the Clipper and information on how to obtain more cards from the series.
Date: [1936..1939]
Creator: H. J. Heinz Company
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, July 2, 1945]

Description: Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing moving to new accommodations on Hawaii, gifts from Marines, Keehi Beach, Bill Cox and a book he wrote, getting sick, censorship, and her friend Whit. Typed on Sheraton Hotel (High Point, NC) stationary.
Date: July 2, 1945
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, July 14, 1945]

Description: Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing money, a bracelet from her friend Phyllis made from aircraft steel, meeting her friend Marion's brother, working with a Red Cross Clubmobile, preparing to leave Hawaii for a location in the South Pacific (Guam), and some photos.
Date: July 14, 1945
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, July 23, 1945?]

Description: Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing going to a square dance, living accommodations, a B-25 pilot who survived ditching in the ocean, seeing performances of the "Marine show," the postal service, a pineapple festival, magazines, and dances. Typed on Burlington Hotel (Washington) stationary.
Date: 1945-07-23?
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, July 30, 1943]

Description: Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing preparations for her shipment from Hawaii to a location in the Pacific (Guam), visiting an officers club, visiting Ford Island, recent letters, money, and news from home. Typed on Hotel Annapolis (Washington) stationary.
Date: July 30, 1945
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, June 11, 1945]

Description: Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, most likely to her mother, discussing her time on Oahu with friends at different clubs, her friend's photography, meeting a woman from her hometown who was returning from the South Pacific, and shipping some things home. It is written on Burlington Hotel (Washington D.C.) stationary.
Date: June 11, 1945, 7:00 p.m.
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, June 11, 1945]

Description: Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing finances, her ex-husband's house, the Red Cross Canteen at Hickam Field, going to a dance with Air Corps officers, finding a kitten, Red Cross worker living arrangements and schedules, and getting a driver's license. Written on Red Cross stationary.
Date: June 11, 1945
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, June 17, 1945?]

Description: Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, possibly to her mother, discussing receiving her driver's license with help from the recipient, driving across Oahu, work and related events, lack of free time, finding a particular book in the library, amenities at an officer's club, and taking a boat around Pearl Harbor. Written and typed on Red Cross stationary.
Date: 1945-06-17?
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, May 15, 1945]

Description: Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing taking a train with other Red Cross workers from Chicago to Seattle, the Seattle area, traveling by ship to Oahu, and impressions of the island. Written on Burlington Hotel (Washington DC) stationary.
Date: May 15, 1945
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, May 31, 1945?]

Description: Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, somewhere overseas (possibly Hawaii) discussing her crowded sleeping accommodations at a hotel, recreating, a particularly good restaurant, music, going to a dance, and wondering where she will be sent next. Typed on American Red Cross stationary.
Date: 1945-05-31?
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Frances Yerkes, July 6, 1945]

Description: Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to her mother discussing a recent letter, pictures of her Red Cross living quarters, getting a subscription to the New Yorker, using a Clubmobile, meeting someone from Jacksonville, clothes, the rain, attending a dance and her friend Phyllis climbing on a roof to take pictures, and advice on whether a friend (family member?) should join the Red Cross. Typed on Hotel Belleville stationary.
Date: July 6, 1945
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum
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