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Her sister,
Frances
Tong, accepted
Hazel's Pioneer Hall of Fame plaque at the
WAI banquet Saturday night. Frances also
was in D.C. to accept Hazel's Gold Medal
and to lay her commemorative
rose at the
March 9 Memorial Service remembering
the 38 WASP who died serving in WWII.
That service was held at the new Air Force
Memorial.
Also inducted into the 2011 Pioneer Hall
of Fame were: WAI founder and president
Dr. Peggy Chabrian; AF Major General
Susan Helms, Director of Plans and Policy
for the U.S. Strategic Command, and a
former NASA
astronaut;
and Tammy
Duckworth, Army pilot who lost her legs in
the crash of her Black Hawk helicopter in
Iraq. She is now the Assistant Secretary for
Public and Intergovernmental
Affairs for
the Department ofYeterans Affairs.
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(43-5), A.J. STARR (43-4), LUCILE WISE (43-7), MARTY WYALL (44-
10), and MILLIE YOUNG (44-10). Jan, Alyce, Dawn, AJ and Lucile had a daughter in tow. (Dawn also had a granddaughter.) Dot
and Millie each had a son along for company. I had the pleasure of traveling west on Amtrak with Jean and Marty and rooming
with Bee.
It was my pleasure to present WASP GOLD - a slide show documentary of the events on March 9 and 10, 2010, in Washington
D.C., when you-all were awarded the Congressional Gold Medal. I showed some gorgeous WASP portraits taken by Bill Young,
Millie Young's talented professional photographer son. I also had the use of snapshots taken by Air Force Reserve photographers,
courtesy Major Andra P. Higgs.
Kate Landdeck also gave a WASP presentation, Both of us spoke to nearly full houses and the WASP, out in force for both,
held forth and answered questions to the delight of the crowd. WAFS BARBARA LONDON was not in Reno, but her daughter and
granddaughter Terry and Kelly Rinehart were in the audience for my presentation and spoke briefly.
TWU and the WASP Collection and Archives were WELL represented. Libraries Director Sherilyn Bird and Special Collections
Coordinator Kimberly Johnson both were in the TWU booth talking to people, I was fortunate enough to join them as I've done so
much of my research for my WASP books at TWU. I enjoyed being able to talk to other researchers and authors about the wealth
of information available in the WASP Collection. And I was able to sell my four WASP books to visitors to the booth. [See photo
on Page 2.]
Women in Aviation International is Mecca for all women of aviation - and for many men as well. Women aviators of today's
military, as well as women airline, corporate, private and student pilots and non-flying aviation personnel of all callings come to
rub elbows with their peers - to absorb and learn and leave with new goals entered on their life's flight plan.
And above all else, the WASP truly are the rock stars of aviation's women today. They DO draw a crowd!
Summer 2011
DEADLINE
Next Issue Planned for December 2011
Deadline for news is November
1, 2011
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Outright Gifts
Betty June Overman Brown, 44-W-7
Irma "Babe" Story, 44-W-7
Elaine Harmon, 44- W-9
Ravenna Leigh Baker, 44- W-7
June Bent, 44-W-3
Bee Falk Haydu, 44- W-7
Doris E. Lockness, 43- W-4t
Helen Snapp, 43- W-4
Capt. Lucy B. Young, USN Ret.
American Legion Auxiliary
Awards
Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics, 2010 Leadership Award
Memorial Gifts
Anna White, 44-W-I
by Pat Young, 44- W-I t
NEW:
Checks to the WASP Endowment
Should Read "TWU Foundation"
The Woman's Collection appreciates all that our donors do
to support the WASP Endowment. The initiatives undertaken
to preserve the WASP legacy are made possible in part by the
generosity of our donors. We are committed to keeping you
updated about the WASP Endowment.
However, we must tell you of an important change.
Newly established banking regulations now require that
donations BY CHECK to the WASP Endowment be made out to
the TWU Foundation. The words WASP Endowment should now
be written in the Memo Line. Please see the enclosed graphic
for the example of how the check needs to be made out.
For your donating convenience, credit card donations are also
an option. Please feel free to call me - Kimberly Johnson, 940898-3743 - if you have any questions. We appreciate all you do to
support the WASP Endowment.
Example:
Calendar of Events
July 25-31,2011 - AirVenture at Oshkosh. The
Women in Aviation International (WAI) Connect
Breakfast is Friday, July 29, at 8 a.m. Other
plans pending. Contact Bee Haydu for lodging
information: 281-239-9520; beehaydu @beehaydu.
com.
October 7-9,2011 -
Commemorative Air
Force to Honor the WASP, at its annual AIRSHO
- Midland International Airport, between
Midland and Odessa Texas. The contact is Col.
Sharon Short: email.sharonshort@mfpoer.com;
home phone 817-656-5052; work phone 972-7701188.See article on page 12.
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In Memory of Harry
Editor's Note: The following report Veterans' Day 2010 Celebration at the WWll
Memorial in Washington D.C - is courtesy
WASP Friend Pat Jernigan, Us. Army
Colonel (Retired). Please also note her Post
Script regarding the individual Gold Medals
the WASP received March 10, 2010.
Dear Sarah:
For your interest, and for all the WASP, I call your attention to the
recent issue of Time magazine, dated April 18, 2011. Page 37 has a
most interesting article entitled Air Boss - Major General Maggie
Woodward. She is the Air Force general in charge of the mission of
u.S. fighter planes involved in the NATO air cover over Libya!
She has logged (according to the article) more than 4000 hours and
is one of 612 women pilots in the U.S. Air Force. Please note, that is
less than 5 percent among 13,000 Air Force pilots!
Robert Gates pronounced, "Woodward's efforts a success 'because
much of Gaddaffi's military has been destroyed.'"
My reaction of amazement: "Look what we started!"
Editor's Note: Author of the Time article is Mark Thompson. All
WASP,KOWs and FOWs need to read the article in its entirety, but to
give you a couple of quick quotes from it:
"Operation Odyssey Dawn marked the first time in U.S. history
that a woman commanded a military air campaign."
No wonder Cappy exclaims, "Look what we started?"
General Woodward asked the reporter if he planned to "get into
the first woman thing?" And when asked if she considered herself
a role model for girls, she responded that she hoped to inspire both
boys and girls.
You REALLY need to read this article. It will make you proud.
Ask your local library Reference Department to access it for you on
the Internet and e-mail you a link. That's what 1did.
THANK YOU, CAPPY!
[Note: The author of this letter is Radford Crews. His Mom, WAFS
was his flight instructor when he earned his
private pilot's license in 1975. He went on to become a captain with
Sky West Airlines, the job from which he retired this spring.}
Dear Sarah,
Thanks for sending the newsletter along.
In mentioning what those bold ladies did regarding furthering the
cause of women, don't forget how many young men were mentored
and trained by those gals. Their influence has reached far and wide
in aviation.
1 know of one fortunate young guy who was lucky enough to
achieve an entire career flying because of them.
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Summer 2011
Spring 2010, the History Channel visited the Woman's Collection and filmed footage
for its Saving History Project. This project featured footage shot by ALBERTA KINNEY,
44-7, while she was at Avenger Field in Sweetwater, Texas. During March, National
Public Radio interviewed Dr. Kate Landdeck, WASP historian. The story entitled
Female WWII Pilots: The Original Fly Girls on NPR's website credits the Woman's
Collection for source materials.
In April, PEARL JUDD, MICKEY BRIGHT and her daughter, Mary Ann Slate (niece of
joined the
TWU community to celebrate Founders' Day. Dr. Landdeck was the keynote speaker at
the luncheon, which honored the WASP for their achievements during their country's
hour of greatest need.
DORIS BRISTOL TRACY), and Nancy Hoing (daughter of BUCKY RICHARDS)
I am happy to report that we began digitizing your oral history interviews last
summer and we are planning to have this project wrapped up by the end of the year.
With this digitization initiative underway, we foresee using portions of this audio online.
In addition, 12 new oral history interviews were conducted and 34 others transcribed.
We are steadfastly working to complete this project and get finished books in the hands
of WASP and family members.
We continue to support exhibitions featuring the WASP around the country. Last
year alone, we assisted with more than 30 exhibits including the Bob Bullock Texas
State Historical Museum, The Women's Museum in Dallas, Texas, and the Museum of
Flight in Seattle, Washington, just to name a few. Users of the collection have included
various news and print organizations around the country from east to west and all points
in between - more than 60 last year. Articles were printed in such publications as
WARBIRDS Digest, The Daily Astorian, the Statesman-Journal, Michigan History, the
Dallas Morning News, and the Maine Independent Journal.
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Kate Landdeck
As 2010 drew to a close with Gold Medal excitement still lingering in the
air, the staff at the Woman's Collection could not help but wonder what 2011
would have in store for the WASP. Preparing ourselves for summer 2011, the
momentum and enthusiasm is at an all time high as requests for information
continue to come in to the archive daily.
Each of us looks forward to the second half of 2011 and what it means
for the WASP and their archive. But one thing is certain, we are sure
that whatever our days are like, we will continue to educate and support
researchers, historians, students, and aviation enthusiasts about the story of
the WASP -transforming
one patron at a time.
Summer 2011
GOODRUM,
DAWN SEYMOUR,
JEAN
MCCREERY,
MARTY
WYALL,
and KATHERINE
WILLINGER.
Katherine,
whose
address is 35 Park Avenue, simply walked around the corner escorted by her
nephew, Charles Willinger. Other family members accompanied us. They
included Dawn's son and daughter and Jan's granddaughter and her husband.
MILLICENT
YOUNG
Monument Honors
Four Local WASP
By Pat Thomas, daughter of
Audrey Tardy Brady, 43-7
A WASP Monument that honors
four "home town girls" - WASP with
connection to the Antelope Valley was dedicated Memorial Day at the
Lancaster Cemetery, Lancaster CA.
The monument is of black granite
with porcelain portraits of the four
WASP: MARGARET MCANALLY, 436; IRMA "BABE"
BELLE
REECE,
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note: We heard via the grapevine that Liz told her rescuer that
it was the "most fun " she'd had all day!}
We were next to the museum, so made our way there, still
getting drenched from the falling rain. Inside, we were given
box lunches and placed in the safest part of the building in the
event more tornados came.
We stayed in the museum for several hours since more
storms were predicted and all roads were closed. Extensive
damage was done to the airport, several airplanes were severely
damaged, turned upside down, etc. Trees were uprooted and
flooding was everywhere.
Our deepest THANKS to the many unsung heroes who did
so much for us. We wish we had all your names.
Susan King and Bob Oehl of Wings of Dreams made
it possible for the following WASP to attend Sun n Fun in
Lakeland, Florida. KAY HILBRANDT 44-10, PENNY HALBERG
44-6, BEE HAYDU 44-7, SHIRLEY
44-1.
Susan and Bob have been doing this for a few years and give
us VIP treatment. The Ninety-Nines have a permanent building
on the grounds and generously invite the WASP to make it their
headquarters. They are exceptionally gracious hosts.
Wings of Dreams is in the process of building a hangarmuseum at Keystone Heights Airport, Florida, near Gainesville.
They have already been awarded the Guidance & Navigation
Simulator used to train astronauts and are planning a large
exhibit featuring the WASP. More about them on their website,
www.wingsofdreams.org.
Observation: Every WASP came out from under the tent
with her pocket book.
Question for Susan and Bob: What do you have planned
for us next year?
See photos on Page 39.
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at TWU, 940-898-3743,
or kjolmson27@mail.twu.edu,
when you learn of
a classmate's death.
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The first two women to fly the B-17 were NANCY LOVE,
executive for WASP in the Ferrying Division and the founder of
the WAFS, and BETTY GILLIES, Nancy's second-in-command
and the leader of the WASP squadron stationed with the 2nd
Ferrying Group, New Castle Army Air Base, Wilmington
Delaware. Nancy, followed by Betty, was signed off to fly the
B-17 on August 16, 1943. Already in Goose Bay, Labrador, Sept.
5, 1943, they were ferrying a B-17 to England when General
Arnold cancelled their flight.
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