| Re: Rosie, pt 3 - Rosie 35.jpg (1/1) |
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| Charles Lindbergh (spirit@stlouis.invalid) |
2016/08/25 09:23 |
On Wed, 24 Aug 2016 13:43:23 -0500, Mitchell Holman <noemail@comcast.net> wrote:
>john Szalay <john.szalayatatt.net> wrote in
>news:XnsA66E756898680johnszalayattnet@216.166.97.131:
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>> Mitchell Holman <noemail@comcast.net> wrote in
>> news:XnsA66E461E45910noemailattnet@216.166.97.131:
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>>> john Szalay <john.szalayatatt.net> wrote in
>>> news:XnsA66D7017B4C36johnszalayattnet@216.166.97.131:
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>>>> Mitchell Holman <noemail@comcast.net> wrote in
>>>> news:XnsA66D4807BCA5Enoemailattnet@216.166.97.131:
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>>>>>
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>>>>> Attachment decoded: Rosie 35.jpg
>>>>> `
>>>>> end
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>>>> Mary Josephine Farley
>>>> after this, she became a WASP.
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>>>
>>> Good call. My mother was a WASP. A very
>>> overlooked program.
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>> Not by me.. one of the ladies that I worked with was a WASP.
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>> also:
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>> from the WASP database & The Congressional Record.
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>> 43-8 Lois Gene Holman nee (French)
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>> &
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>> Dora Dougherty, third from left in front of B-29 "Ladybird"
>> with Lt. Col. Paul W. Tibbets, Jr. (left), Dorothea Johnson (2nd from
>> left) and B-29 crew.
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>> Col Tibbets trained these two ladies to fly the B-29 to show the men
>> that the plane was not dangerous.
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> My mother was part of the WASP's trained
>to fly the B26 to show the men the men it was
>not as dangerous as made out. "A plane a day
>in Tampa Bay" and all that.
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>
I am curious, what kind of background did your Mom have that put her into that position with the WASP's? Was
she a civilian pilot prior to enlisting?
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