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Photograph of WASP (Women Airforce Service Pilots) servicewomen Mary Kay Quist, Pat Smythe, and Muriel Rath in flight suits, circa 1943-1945.Inscription on verso: "This is May Kay Quist, Pat Smythe, and Muriel Rath. Zoot Suits."

Photograph of a group of WASP (Women Airforce Service Pilots) servicewomen standing outside a building, circa 1943-1945. Identified individuals include Joan Richardson (foreground, eating cookie) and Carol Nicholson (center, back to camera).…

Photograph of Carol Nicholson (seated in cockpit) and an unidentified woman with a North American AT-6 Texan, circa 1943-1945.

Photograph of Carol Nicholson standing outside a building at Alamo Field, Texas, circa 1943-1945.Inscription on verso: "This was taken at Alamo Field in San Antonio on my first trip there. Some major took it and you can nearly see me blushing. Shy…

Photograph of WASP (Women Airforce Service Pilots) servicewomen outside a barracks building, circa 1943-1945. Carol Nicholson is third from the left.

Photograph of a Ninth Army Air Force colonel talking with a Red Cross field director in front of a Consolidated B-24 Liberator aircraft, North Africa, circa 1943-1944.Typed caption glued to verso: "Ninth U.S. Army Air Force presses offensive against…

Photograph of a large group of airmen of the Eighth Army Air Force, United States Army Air Forces, circa 1943-1945.Typed caption glued to verso: "They bomb the Axis. Under command of Col. Ted Timberlake of the 8th U.S. Army Air Force, these American…

Oblique aerial photograph of an American prisoner-of-war camp for captured German and Italian soldiers, Tunisia, circa 1943-1945.Typed caption glued to verso: "Prisoners of U.S. after battle in Tunisia. U.S. forces in Northern Tunisia round up German…

Photograph of American and Indian soldiers and civilians constructing a runway at a new air base in India, circa 1943-1945. Typed caption glued to verso: "U.S. builds huge air base in India. This picture shows the progress of work on a runway at a…

Photograph of U.S. Army Air Forces pilot Walter Frederick sitting on the nose of a Republic P-47 (F-47) Thunderbolt aircraft of the 56th Fighter Group, circa 1943-1945. The plane's nose art includes a cartoon bull and the designation "Quaker Sad…