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[At Swimming Pool]

Description: Photograph of three men at a swimming pool in Luzon in the Philippines. One man stands to the right of the pool, another prepares to jump off a diving platform, and the third sits on the railing at the very top of the platform. A slide is also attached to the diving platform.
Date: July 15, 1945
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Clipping: Return of a WASP]

Description: Newspaper clippings of the article, "The Return of a WASP" which discusses the homecoming of Twila Edwards after her time as a Women Airforce Service Pilot. She shares the difficulties she has looking for civilian pilot positions and the challenges she's faced due to WASPs not being a military service. The article includes several photos of Twila Edwards.
Date: April 15, 1945
Creator: Boulkind, Mae & Ruohomaa, Kosti
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Drawing of Adrian Mariluch]

Description: Drawing of Adrian Mariluch smiling and wearing a jacket, tie, and garrison cap. A note on the reverse side of the photo says that he was a member of Company A of the 17th Armored Infantry Battalion and killed in Herrlisheim, Germany.
Date: April 15, 1945
Creator: Hatt, F. George, Jr.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Artwork
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial 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
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter to Captain Charles R. Griggs from his Parents, March 15, 1945]

Description: Letter to Charles R. Griggs from his parents wishing him a happy Easter while he is overseas. The bulk of the letter discusses daily life back home in Texas, including their work on the house and yard; at the end they ask Charles to send them the address of a boy in his company that is without parents as they would "like to be mother and dad to him." The back of the letter has a quote that reads: "My Easter prayer for you is this: That you may have a goodly part Of all the beauty of the day -… more
Date: March 15, 1945
Creator: Griggs, C. K. & Griggs, Mrs. C. K.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Pioneer City County Museum

[Robert Peters Holding Racket]

Description: Photograph of Robert Peters, wearing only shorts, a hat, and shoes. He holds a tennis racket in front of him, and stands next to a tennis net. Trees and a building are visible in the background.
Date: July 15, 1945
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Three Soldiers in Herbrechtingen]

Description: Photograph of Lt. Max Chernow, Marvin Seitz, and Lt. Albert Gaynes in their uniforms, leaning on a railing in front of a chain link fence in Herbrechtingen, Germany. Seitz has a pipe in his mouth, and there are buildings visible in the background.
Date: July 15, 1945
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

WASP Newsletter, Volume 2, Number 2, March 15, 1945

Description: Newsletter of the former World War II Women Airforce Service Pilots including news, events, stories about the group's history, and other information of interest to the members. The issue also focuses on employment opportunities available for WASP as flight training instructors and pilots.
Date: March 15, 1945
Creator: Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[William Jenkins Swimming]

Description: Photograph of William Jenkins in a swimming pool, waving at the camera. In the background, one man climbs up the slide on the right, and another prepares to jump into the pool on the left.
Date: July 15, 1945
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum
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