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[Clipping photocopy: WASP Militarization Favored by Stimson]

Description: Photocopy of a newspaper clipping of articles from the New York Times about the U.S.'s involvement in World War II, including an article about an initiative to give WASP members full military benefits. Among the articles are several small advertisements, some with illustrations. At the top of the photocopy is handwritten text identifying the newspaper and its publishing date.
Date: May 5, 1944
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping photocopy: New WASP Uniforms Give Women Fliers Swank]

Description: Photocopy of a newspaper article about WASP members receiving new uniforms, and includes a description of WASP members' current duties. The article is surrounded by another article and several advertisements, including one for Mission Garden Tea. At the top of the photocopy, the date of the article and newspaper name (The New York Times) are handwritten.
Date: November 17, 1943
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping photocopy: Would Halt Rise of Women Pilots]

Description: Photocopy of a newspaper clipping that includes an article about a report from the Civil Service Investigating Committee, advising the cutting of the WASP program. The grounds for this advice is to make way for excess male pilots in the Air Force. Other articles surround the article about cutting the WASP program, including some about politics and war. At the top of the photocopy, the page number of the article is handwritten.
Date: June 6, 1944
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Jaqueline Cochran to Eleanor McLernon, February 26, 1944]

Description: Letter from Jacqueline Cochran to Eleanor McLernon advising her that she has been tentatively accepted to the Women Airforce Service Pilots training program. The letter contains a list of five requirements, three of which are underlined in red. Cochran requests that McLernon complete the underlined items in a timely manner so that Cochran's office can finish processing McLernon's application and officially assign her to the April training class.
Date: February 26, 1944
Creator: Cochran, Jacqueline
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[McLernon Pilot Certificate]

Description: Pilot's certificate classifying Eleanor McLernon as a "Class A" pilot and licensing her to fly and land commercial, single engine planes.
Date: July 1, 1947
Creator: United States. Civil Aeronautics Administration.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum
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