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Title	[Portrait of Mildred D. Dalrymple, circa 1944]
Date	1944
Date approximate?	yes
Subject headings	World War, 1939-1945 Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.)
Era	World War II era (1940-1946)
Service branch	Women Air Force Service Pilots (WASP)
Item description	Portrait of WASP Mildred Davidson Dalrymple in Santiago blue dress uniform and beret, circa 1944.
Veteran's name	Dalrymple, Mildred Inks Davidson
Veteran's biography	Mildred Inks Davidson Dalrymple (b. 1920) of Llano, Texas, served in the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) from 1943 to 1944 . Mildred Inks Davidson Dalrymple was born on 14 February 1920 in Llano, Texas, where her father was the mayor. Her father died when she was fifteen, and the family moved to Austin, Texas. Dalrymple graduated from Llano High School and then attended the Texas State College for Women, where she majored in journalism." Dalrymple began working as a civil service typist on military bases in San Antonio, Texas, when World War II started. In June 1942, she married Bill Davidson. He was killed several months later while flying B-17s in Europe. Dalrymple then joined the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) and graduated from training at Avenger Field in Sweetwater, Texas, in May 1944. She was stationed at Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery, Alabama, until the WASP disbanded in December 1944 . Dalrymple worked for the legislature in Washington, D.C., after leaving the WASP. She married Edwin Dalrymple in 1946 and after a brief stay in Newark, New Jersey, the couple settled in Washington, D.C.
Type	image
Original format	photographs
Image type	Formal portrait
Original publisher	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified]
Contributing institution	Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries
Source collection	WV0336 Mildred D. Dalrymple Papers
Collection summary	December 2005 oral history interview transcript avilable for use onsite in the archives.
Rights statement	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Additional rights information	IN COPYRIGHT. This item is subject to copyright. Contact the rights holder noted above for permission to reuse.
Object ID	WV0336.6.001
Digital publisher	The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, University Libraries, PO Box 26170, Greensboro NC 27402-6170, 336.334.5304 -- http://library.uncg.edu/
OCLC number	900814383

[Portrait of Mildred D. Dalrymple, circa 1944]

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