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001			on1135091150
003			OCoLC
005			20200520121600.0
008			200103s2020 nyuac b 001 0ceng
010			_a 2019059114
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020			_a9781524762810 _q(hardcover)
020			_a1524762814 _q(hardcover)
035			_a(OCoLC)1135091150
042			_apcc
043			_an-us---
092			_a940.5449 _bL253
049			_aNFGA
100	1		_aLanddeck, Katherine Sharp, _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aThe women with silver wings : _bthe inspiring true story of the women airforce service pilots of World War II / _cKatherine Sharp Landdeck.
250			_aFirst Edition.
263			_a2004
264		1	_aNew York : _bCrown, _c[2020]
300			_a435 pages : _billustrations, portraits ; _c25 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
336			_astill image _bsti _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
520			_a"The thrilling true story of the daring female aviators who helped the United States win World War II-only to be forgotten by the country they served When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor in December 1941, Cornelia Fort was already in the air. At twenty-two, Fort had escaped Nashville's debutante scene for a fresh start as a flight instructor in Hawaii. She and her student were in the middle of their lesson when the bombs began to fall, and they barely made it back to ground that morning. Still, when the U.S. Army Air Forces put out a call for women pilots to aid the war effort, Fort was one of the first to respond. She became one of just over 1,100 women from across the nation to make it through the Army's rigorous selection process and earn her silver wings. The brainchild of trailblazing pilots Nancy Love and Jacqueline Cochran, the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) gave women like Fort a chance to serve their country-and to prove that women aviators were just as skilled as men. While not authorized to serve in combat, the WASP helped train male pilots for service abroad, and ferried bombers and pursuits across the country. Thirty-eight WASP would not survive the war. But even taking into account these tragic losses, Love and Cochran's social experiment seemed to be a resounding success-until, with the tides of war turning, Congress clipped the women's wings. The program was disbanded, the women sent home. But the bonds they'd forged never failed, and over the next few decades they came together to fight for recognition as the military veterans they were-and for their place in history"-- _cProvided by publisher.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 353-415) and index.
505	0		_aTeresa -- Wilmington -- Nancy Love -- Jacqueline Cochran -- Teresa -- Jackie and Dedie -- Dora -- The WAFS -- Dora -- The Hopefuls -- Nancy and Jackie -- Hazel and Dedie -- Women Airforce Service Pilots -- The WASP -- Teresa and Helen -- Jackie and Nancy -- Dora -- Marty -- Teresa -- Jackie and Nancy -- Disbandment -- The End of the Experiment -- Dora -- Finding Their Way -- Reunited -- The Fight for Recognition Begins -- The Year of the WASP -- The Final Flight.
610	2	0	_aWomen Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.)
650		0	_aWorld War, 1939-1945 _xParticipation, Female. _938228
650		0	_aAir pilots, Military _zUnited States _vBiography. _961183
650		0	_aWomen air pilots _zUnited States _vBiography. _944175
655		7	_aBiographies. _2lcgft _9870
994			_aC0 _bNFG
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