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audio video
 
A Brief History of the WASP -- including moments from the 2010 Gold Medal Ceremony

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.....WASP SPEAK ....... ....................Words to the WASP-Parrish......................Words to the WASP-Malachowski

VIDEO PODCASTS

SOUNDBYTES OF THE WASP short clips from the Wings Across America WASP interviews.
podcast NOTCHING THE TREES (Nancy Parrish's short speech--West Texas Girl Scout "Women of Distinction" Luncheon, 2005

Faster downloading movies -- at webshots

bSOUNDBYTES OF THE WASP--apx. 6 minutes (mpg)

bBRIEF HISTORY of the WASP flash movie--apx 5 minutes

bNOTCHING THE TREES-- flash movie at webshots

bWASP put their hands in cement--2005

wings

If you would like to HELP keep our site growing,
please visit Wings Across America
and find out more about our project!

Eventually, we will be publishing a VIRTUAL MUSEUM
with WEB PAGES for EVERY WASP interviewed!


Fly Girls Exhibit opening, 2008


NOTCHING THE TREES
 

REAL VIDEO FILES

b Bruce Arnold--the formation of the WASP
b Sandy Thompson --flying the B-26
bBruce Arnold--WASP accidents vs male cadets
bSandy Thompson-- 43-5-- the B-26 boneyard
bLorraine Z. Rodgers--44-2-- bailing out
bDeanie Parrish --44-4-- going up to check the weather
bMarion Brown--43-2-- ferrying by dead reckoning
bRuth Dailey Helm --43-2 --the greatest generation|
bKay D'Arezzo--44-4--a little bit more
bMillie Dalrymple--44-4 --you can do it
bShutsy Reynolds --44-5-- the cross country trip
bMary Howson's mother about the death of her daughter
bMarion Brown--43-2-- ferrying by dead reckoning

WASP SONGS-- see the lyrics to the songs the WASP sang while marching to and from the flight line and ground school.  CD includes the WASP Rap, "We Got the Stuff, the Right Stuff." Click the CD to hear samples of the mp3 files.

 

If you'd like to listen, CLICK the CD. STEP BACK IN TIME WITH THE MUSIC OF WWII.


bMAKING THE WASP WINGS!!!
WASP Shutsy Reynolds in her shop--as she explains making the wings. Shot by Honey Godwin, edited and produced by Nancy Parrish.


or watch directly on youtube!

bWASP Ruth Florey -- a special presentation at the CAF HQ in Midland -- Texas Aviation Hall of Fame

bWASP BJ BROWN -- EAA interview

bWASP Jan GOODRUM -- EAA interview

 

bWASP ETHEL FINLEY -- EAA interview

b Kaddy Landry Steele -- the WASP Storyteller

bWASP DOT SWAIN LEWIS -- EAA interview
bWASP JEAN MC CREERY -- EAA interview
bBETTY JO REED -- EAA interview

LILLIAN YONNALY'S-WWII SLIDE SHOW

General Arnold's Speech to the last WASP graduating class, 1944 (partial clip)
Jacqueline Cochran's speech to the last WASP graduating class, 1944 (partial clip w/ text)
Chuck Yeager's introduction to the WASP Song tape
(with text)
Barry Goldwater on the WASP
Janet Reno's speech (with text) at the WASP 50th reunion in Sweetwater
WASP Shutsy Reynolds (1998) at the Lone Star Flight Museum talks about Avenger Field and deactivation--getting home on ten dollars and a quarter!

 
K I D S | S P E A K
WASP Kids have a few things in common.

 


President Franklin Roosevelt's speech on the day of the D DAY Invasion, June 6, 1944

 

Eisenhower on D-Day | President Roosevelt, Dec. 8, 1941

HEAR WWII PLANE SOUNDS!

B-17 Flying Fortress
B-24 Liberator

B-25 Mitchell
B-26 Marauder
B-29 Superfortress
C-47
P-38 Lightning

P-40
P-47 Thunderbolt
P-51 Mustang


THANK YOU WASP!