More than 8,600 crew members trained at the Walla Walla Air Base during World War II to fly in theaters of operation across ...

Summary Molly Merryman draws upon military documents--many of which weren't declassified until the 1990s--congressional records, and interviews with the women who served as WASPs during World War II ...

While in conversation with author and journalist Mark Whitaker, author Becky Aikman talked about how the American women pilots who volunteered to ferry warplanes for the British military during World ...

On Labor Day 1945, the Pottsville Republican ran a tribute to the role American workers played in World War II. An artist’s rendering showed a union laborer gazing upward at a squadron of ...

‘Spitfires’ author recounts little-known story of World War II’s American women pilots Carlsbad's Nancy Stratford, now 106, is the last survivor of the 25 U.S. women who served in the Royal ...

For those families who displayed Gold Stars in their windows — signifying that a family member had died in the service — the ...

”Spitfires: The American Women Who Flew in the Face of Danger During World War II,” By Becky Aikman. Publisher: Bloomsbury. 368 pages. $31.99.

The development of the Women Airforce Service Pilots : from guarded experiment to valuable support role -- Becoming soldiers : tracing WASP expansion and plans for militarization -- From praise to ...