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Veterans Day: My Mother the WASP

Nov 11, 2013 By Elin Stebbins Waldal 15 Comments

In December of 1943 my mother, who then went by, Elinor Fairchild, received a letter from Jaqueline Cochran, Director of Women Pilots of The War Department, letting her know that it looked as if they would have room for Elinor in the next WASP training class slated to begin, January 9, 1944. I can almost […]

Filed Under: Inspiration, NaBloPoMo13 Tagged With: Mother, Veteran's Day, WASP, Women Pilots, WWII

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