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SWEETWATER — Even Fifi flew in for the 20 th anniversary of the National WASP WWII Museum. Lia Cherny came for the reunion and fly-in all the way from Philadelphia with her mother Meghan.

(inhales) I brought my Buffalo Bill poster. Had it for a long ... GUEST: I brought my mom's WASP jacket. Women's Air Service Pilot during World War II. And the telegram telling her she was in ...

Behind the poster were the women themselves. During WWII, the demand for labor skyrocketed ... and the Women's Airforce Service Pilots (WASP). The Women's Army Corps was established in 1942 ...

Women of World War II: The Untold Stories is available to stream ... I have yet to see a recruitment poster with a Black woman on it. (somber music continuing) If you don't see yourself as part ...

The National WASP WWII Museum in Sweetwater tells the story of the courageous women who served as pilots during the war. This past spring, the organization moved into new facilities at the ...

According to Reid, Spence makes regular trips to Sweetwater, Texas, where the WASP WWII Museum is, to help them with repairs of their jeeps and other equipment. He invited Spence to be one of ...

Jerrie Badger, 102, a resident of Suwanee, Georgia, served in the civilian Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) unit during World War II. The competitive group only admitted 1,100 women ...

They collectively flew 66 million miles in 2 years," said Lisa Taylor, director of the National WASP WWII Museum. Taylor says the missions of these brave women ranged from the mundane to the ...

When most people think of women's contributions to World War II, the Rosie the Riveter poster is probably the ... the Women's Airforce Service Pilots (WASP), made up of more than 1,000 women ...

SWEETWATER, Texas — Pioneers in Aviation; that’s what the Women Airforce Service Pilots or WASP have been called for breaking the stigma around women flying aircraft back in World War II.