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[Special Orders Number M-8]

Description: Special Order listing the rank and assignments of several Air Force personnel, including Marjorie Wakeham.
Date: October 20, 1959
Creator: 48th Tactical Fighter Wing (USAFE)
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Special Orders Number 78, Extract 20]

Description: Special order listing the training headquarters for several Air Force personnel, including Rosa C. Creger.
Date: April 20, 1951
Creator: Department of the Air Force
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Special Orders Number 104, Extract 1-2]

Description: Special orders for a list of Women Airforce Service Pilots and other personnel to return to specified based for training purposes.
Date: November 20, 1944
Creator: 2563D Army Air Forces Base Unit & Nance, Walter L.
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

Award for Civilian Service

Description: Cloth Army Air Forces Emblem seen attached to the bottom left corner of a certificate awarding the emblem to Eleanor McLernon for civilian service.
Date: December 20, 1944
Creator: Army Air Forces Pilot School
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Special Orders Number 121, Extract 2]

Description: Special orders extract listing several men from Sweetwater who were inducted as flight instructors and Air Corps mechanics that are to remain on inactive status. Rigdon Edwards Jr., known Women Airforce Service Pilots instructor, can be seen listed among the names.
Date: May 20, 1944
Creator: United States. Air Force.
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

Medical Consideration of WASP

Description: Report on the physical, psychological, medical, and emotional capabilities of women in aviation, formed from several studies on the Women Airforce Service Pilots. The report concludes that women can typically meet all requirements for safe flight without hindrance, and suggests that any similar future program to the WASP should be militarized.
Date: December 20, 1944
Creator: United States. Air Force.
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

Oral History Interview with Lile Springs, December 20, 2015

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Lile Springs. Springs was born 14 April 1925, in Hope, Arkansas. He worked on a farm with his father until 1943. He received a draft notice, though after his examinations he received a 4-F classification, unfit for military service. Springs went on to welding school in Little Rock. He later worked on welding war ships in Mobile at the Gulf Shipbuilding Corporation, and in Bremerton, Washington at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. I… more
Date: December 20, 2015
Creator: Springs, Lile
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Charles Findley, September 20, 2003

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Charles Findley. Findley joined the Army Air Forces in July of 1942. He received pilot training at Falcon Field in Mesa, Arizona from both the Royal Air Force and United States. Upon graduation, Findley was eligible to wear the wings of both countries. He also completed Special Weapons Training. He served in Strategic Air Command (SAC) at Omaha, Nebraska setting up a missile safety program. Findley’s military career began with a … more
Date: September 20, 2003
Creator: Findley, Charles
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Robert O. Andrews, September 20, 2003

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Robert O. Andrews where he discusses his childhood and education and what led him to join the Air Force. He describes his experiences in the Pacific Theatre and over Asia during World War two.
Date: September 20, 2003
Creator: Andrews, Robert O. & Alexander, William J.
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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