[WASPs walk on tarmac, 1944]
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Title |
[WASPs walk on tarmac, 1944] |
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Date |
1944-11-29 |
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Subject headings |
World War, 1939-1945
Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.) |
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Era |
World War II era (1940-1946) |
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Service branch |
Women Air Force Service Pilots (WASP) |
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Item description |
Four WASPs walk towards the camera for a publicity photo on 29 November 1944. A B-24 bomber is parked behind the women, probably at Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery, Alabama. Mildred Dalrymple may be second from the left. |
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Veteran's name |
Dalrymple, Mildred Inks Davidson |
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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. |
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Type |
image |
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Original format |
photographs |
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Original publisher |
[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified] |
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Contributing institution |
Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries |
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Source collection |
WV0336 Mildred D. Dalrymple Papers |
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Collection summary |
December 2005 oral history interview transcript avilable for use onsite in the archives. |
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Rights statement |
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ |
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Additional rights information |
IN COPYRIGHT. This item is subject to copyright. Contact the rights holder noted above for permission to reuse. Official U.S. Air Force photo. |
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Object ID |
WV0336.6.004 |
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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/ |
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OCLC number |
900814489 |
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