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With a galaxy of notables vying in their tribute to the record of women pilots in war time, the Women’s Airforce Service Pilot training program came to an end at Avenge*; field Thursday morning as the last WASP class, W-10 with a roster of 68, reecived its wings from the hand of Gener-ald H. H. Arnold,, commanding general of the Army Air Forces.Attending the ceremonies in addition to General Arnold were Lt, Gen. Barton K. Yount, commander of the AAF Training Command; Jacqueline Cochran, director of the WASP; Brigadier General Walter F. Kraus, cara-| mandlng general of the AAF Cen- \ itral Flying Training Command.Albany General PrjMBtMajor General It B. Williams of Albany, Texas* new commander of the Second Air Force at Colorado Springs, was also present for the graduation and his introduction by General Arnold was an impromptu feature of the pro* gram. General William* was de-sotted by General Arnold at “aman who led hundreds of flyingand thh‘‘regular communication facilities are established.**Those wishing to send messages should go to the Bed Cross offices and obtain the required forms for sending messages. The service isThewas'. | even then with ia, with mding room the prop*r band. illMr. and Mrs. H. H. Hawleyreceived a war department telegram Tuesday night incoming them that their son, PfC, Bradley Berate Hawley, 21, was “slightly wounded” in France on November IS, ■ -■X A letter written by Pfc. Hawley arrived Thursday. He told hi*parents that he was wounded inboth hands and had other minor wounds on his body, Mwas u6mmm mGeneralif another nation arises, the nation women to serve as Arnold Reviews 1Individi^dthfcfs fen hmmmmm-. ■a| :i Wc. Hawley called i seas duty In- evidently went directly into oom-d hat, since a letter received byst the Hawleys from oie dt ;3ms d wounded buddies Wednesday e j said that they had been “three | weeks without’d 1 letter fromc'he was v/ounded was Novemberdi • ••••• w » - *'»a A graduate of Sweetwater hteh it teool and a fomervvstudi^liiid mm- Univaiit^St| Hawley was first trained withn : iterate':$. program at Camp Msxey, Paris,•* Later he was transferred to C«o*p nr' Hows*. GatoeavHle. |fe h; M brother, UL Mte Hawley, who itsr' with army ordnance at Hast*-* beam, Ala, awaiting ovmmcided with ft* W ASP Iteal He said ihdfciitese wboatail war from Jfcesdr not with the versatility of the 4%i* ; * % , v •• V* • *. . • '.J***’Like other tribute to Henry Kricgel ar McKaughn of Aviation prises, Ltd., for the way in the WASP training prograiS|^|D#Si|Sa:fe Ward,manding offioer of Avengewas mastertrodd^j||||^te generathad ^ igviBiflL«$at Barton K. Yount paid to the 37 WASPs Who h*v their • - lives while on opci duty or in training, and ua plaque bearing ttdite ntufadings. on . the ocmixture of; *bapg|in the post-war w of aviation will be ered by the fact iknow, trust, andJlt; result of the WASGenerald/er the 500th AAF bi dr. er, * featured splo _«j and. an outstand ■ from -the - Paul 111intheband,danCing^stSweek periodHildSe^NdOn tha Broadway of AmericaNUMBER 51Tribute Paid to WASPsGraduation CeremoniesDeadline ExtendedFor POW MessagesDeadline for Red Crow acceptance of messages to internees and prisoners of war in the Philippines has been extended to Dec. 15, a letter from the St Louis office of the Red Cross has notified Mrs, Mary Kelly, chairman of the prisoner of war committee here. Earlier the deadline had been set as Nov, 30.The extension applies to messages from United States residents to both U. S. and British prisoners of war and civilian internees being liberated in Mac-Arthur’s push in the Philippines, It does not include prisoners and Internees still in Jap camps. Arrangements are being made by the Red Cron also to handle messages from the liberatedprisoners and internees as soon as
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Sweetwater Nolan County News
Sweetwater, Texas, US
Thu, Dec 07, 1944
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