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Oral History Interview with James William Harrison, January 27, 2005

Description: Interview with James William "Bill" Harrison, a serviceman in the U. S. Navy during World War II. He explains how he joined the navy in San Diego without going to boot camp. He worked on an oil tanker that shipped out to Pearl Harbor a month after the attack there and transported fuel out of San Diego to various ships at sea. He was then transfered to Admiral Nimitz's public relations department. There he and two others wrote stories about the action in the Pacific theater, particularly about t… more
Date: January 27, 2005
Duration: 58 minutes 50 seconds
Creator: Parish, Brainerd & Harrison, James William
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Honorable Discharge for Raymond Vaughan]

Description: Certificate honorably discharging Raymond Vaughan from the Navy. It reads: "Honorable Discharge from the United States Navy. This is to certify that Raymond Britton Vaughan, a Chief Shipfitter (AA)(T)(CB) is Honorably Discharged from the U.S. Naval Personnel Separation Center, Norman, Oklahoma, and from the Naval Service of the United States this 23rd day of September 1945. This certificate is awarded as a Testimonial of Fidelity and Obedience."
Date: September 23, 1945
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Arlington Public Library

[Clipping: Charlyne Creger Chosen As Clothes Model]

Description: Newspaper clipping explaining how Charlyne Creger was selected to model for the Classy Jean Clothes company of St. Louis, MO and announcing that she was voted television queen in a contest sponsored by Fred Thompson Electric company. This clipping includes six photos of Ms. Creger posing in different clothing types.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Card: Charlyne Creger, WASP]

Description: Card with a photograph of Charlyne Creger as a Woman Airforce Service Pilot. On the back is a list of information, such as her WASP class number, her station and assignments, and her career after the WASP. A more recent photo of Charlyne is printed in the top left corner of the back, and a quote from her reads, "How do I feel about being a WASP? Out of nothing, it made me something, because it gave me the courage to try anything!".
Date: 2001
Creator: Wings Across America
Item Type: Refine your search to only Pamphlet
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Draft of Rosa Charlyne Creger Autobiography Essay]

Description: Draft of an autobiographic essay written by Charlyne Creger describing her experience flying as a Woman Airforce Service Pilot, how it led to her career as a nurse and anesthesiologist and her travels in the later years of her life. Correction notes are handwritten in a few places.
Date: unknown
Creator: Creger, Charlyne
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

Charlyne Creger: An Oral History

Description: Transcript of and oral history interview of Charlyne Creger conducted by interviewer, Dawn Letson. They discuss Creger's family history, her life growing up in Oklahoma, and her life and career after entering and graduating the Women Airforce Service Pilots. An index of subjects discussed is listed at the end of the interview.
Date: May 26, 1988
Creator: Letson, Dawn & Creger, Charlyne
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

Sugar Ration Book

Description: Fragment of a food ration stamp book. Charlyne Creger's signature is filled in on one side.
Date: unknown
Creator: United States Office of Price Administration
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Norman High School Yearbook, 1936]

Description: Norman High School yearbook from 1936 that belonged to Rosa Charlyne Creger. A handwritten list of the book's editors is written inside the front cover and several signatures from students and faculty are written inside the back cover and throughout the pages.
Date: 1936
Creator: Gable, Jack; Fulkerson, Grover; Scott, Rebekah; Holland, LeRoy; Shannon, Esther Beth; Johnson, Earl et al.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Rosa Charlyne Creger Autobiography Essay]

Description: An autobiographic essay written by Charlyne Creger describing her experience flying as a Woman Airforce Service Pilot and how it led to her career as a nurse. A handwritten note at the bottom from 1996 states, "I am now retired and getting into mischief".
Date: 1996
Creator: Creger, Charlyne
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum
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