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To live and die a WASP : 38 women pilots who died in WWII / William M. Miller.

Miller, William M., 1946- (Author).

Summary:

There have been many books about the Women Airforce Service Pilots of WWII (WASP); however, hardly any about the 38 women who lost their lives while flying for the Army Air Corps. This book tells their story. When the war began, the men called these women "girls." They didn't believe this grand experiment could ever work, that the women of America - sisters and wives - could fly Army airplanes all over the country. Yet, these women were patriots and all they asked was a chance to do something that would help win the war. Of the 1,074 who flew as a WASP, 38 young women never came back, never had a future, and never heard their country say, "Thank you." Here, we remember them.

Record details

ISBN: 9781523803811
ISBN: 1523803819
Physical Description: 276 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Publisher: [North Charleston, SC] : [CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform], [2016]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-268) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Jane Delores Champlin -- Susan Parker Clarke -- Majorie Laverne Davis -- Katherine (Applegate) Dussaq -- Marjorie Doris Edwards -- Jayne Elizabeth Erickson -- Cornelia Fort -- Frances Fortune Grimes -- Mary P. Hartson -- Mary Holmes Howson -- Edith Clayton Keene -- Kathryn Barbara Lawrence -- Paula R. Loop -- Hazel Ying (Lee) Louie -- Alice E. Lovejoy -- Peggy (Wilson) Martin -- Lea Ola McDonald -- Viginia C. Moffatt -- Beverly Jean Moses -- Dorothy Mae Nichols -- Jeanne (Lewellen) Norbeck -- Margaret (Sanford) Oldenburg -- Mabel Virginia Rawlinson -- Gleanna Roberts -- Marie N. (Michell) Robinson -- Dorothy F. Scott -- Elizabeth Mae Scott -- Margaret June Seip -- Helen Jo (Anderson) Severson -- Marie Ethel (Cihler) Sharon -- Evelyn Sharp -- Gertrude Vreeland Silver -- Betty Puline Stine -- Marian J. Toevs -- Mary Elizabeth Trebing -- Mary Louise Webster -- Bonnie Jean (Alloway) Welz -- Betty L. (Taylor) Wood.