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Women on Air Force Tour
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At Truax Field, Lieutenant H.B. Smith adjusts a parachute on Lillian Nitcher, one of a group of eighteen area women who were selected to make an official Air Force tour of the WAF activities at Lackland Air Force base in Texas. Waiting to be fitted with a parachute before taking off are (from left): Luella Mortenson; Mrs. Robert Marty, Monroe; Mrs. Ralph Fossahage, Mr. Horeb; and Claudia Stephan.
May 18, 1953
Vinje, Arthur M., 1888-1972 (photographer)
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Gladys McConochie--First Area WAF Volunteer
January 3, 1949
Glady McConochie, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chris McConochie of Pardeville, in center, taking her oath from Elmer H. Gibson, at left, commanding officer of the United States Army and Air Force recru...
Operation Badger Air Force Recruits
December 6, 1951
Pvt. Tom Voigt, Ixonia (at right), one of forty-seven "Operation Badger" Air Force recruits sworn in at Madison, shakes hands with his father, Ray Voigt (right), as the air force bus pulls away fro...
Lillian Nitcher
February 11, 1954
Portrait of Lillian Nitcher, Associate Director of the Community Chest of the Community Welfare Council, seated at her desk.
Family Service at Truax Field
September 17, 1960
Airman Vernor Williams, a new arrival at Truax Field Air Force Base, is interviewed by Margaret Hoffman, coordinator, and Mrs. William Bogle, assistant coordinator, at the Family Service Office at ...
Lieut. and Mrs. Leon B. (Florence) Stephens Jr. and their Son, Timothy
July 15, 1949
Family portrait of Lieutenant and Mrs. Leon B. (Florence) Stephens Jr. and their eleven-month old son, Timothy, who are visiting in the home of the officer's parents, Mr. and Mrs. L.B (Margery) Ste...
"Dave's Dream" Pilot Major Woodrow Swancutt
August 17, 1946
Mrs. J.C. Ferguson, pilot Major Woodrow Swancutt, and Dick Johnson standing in front of B-29 airplane, "Dave's Dream" at Truax Field. Major Swancutt, a Wisconsin Rapids native, attended the Univer...
