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Hand drawn 'welcome home' card to Jeanann Madden from Greg Brusseau, a student at the school where she taught.

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Letter from Margaret McCormick to John Mayhead about WASP graduation, receiving her wings, and an incident with a buzzard that hit her plane while flying from Austin, TX to Houston, TX.

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Letter from Margaret McCormick to John Mayhead about arriving at Romulus Air Base, her new uniform, base activities, and the terrible weather.

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Letter from Margaret McCormick to John Mayhead about how she missed Thanksgiving due to a flight to Canada, a visit to her sister in Chicago, and how she has mostly been on the wagon since she enslisted.

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Letter from Margaret McCormick to John Mayhead about having her first crash (she was not injured), and how much she misses him.

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Letter from Margaret McCormick to John Mayhead while he was a POW. Expresses relief that John is alive, tells him about her assignments, and a recent trip to Houston.

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Letter written by Margaret McCormick to John Mayhead while he was a POW. McCormick talks about the clubs she's been attending, her new parka, and how her hopes that he will be freed and able to return to the states soon.

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Letter from Margaret McCormick to John Mayhead about his return to New Zealand after being a POW, the disbanding of the WASP, and how she decided to join the Women's Army Corps (WAC) .

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Letter from Margaret McCormick to John Mayhead about the lack of entertainment in Wichita Falls, an upcoming WASP reunion in Dallas, and her eager new commanding officer.

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Post-war letter from Margaret McCormick to John Mayhead about working as a control tower operator at Walker Army Airfield in Witchita, Kansas. Discusses how long the base will remain open, a crash that happened during her time at the base, and what…