WASP Graduates - Class of 43-3
"The Lost Platoon"
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Here are some of class 43-3 in Houston, January, 1943. Six months later what a
difference, see below. Lois Brooks took the photo.
difference, see below. Lois Brooks took the photo.
Mary Belle Ahlstrom-Smith, Betty Arhicbald-Fernandes, Mary N. Beritich
Clarice M. Bessent, Grace Birge-Mayfield, Lois E. Brooks-Hailey
Lillian Conner-Roberts-Risdon, Emma Coulter-Ware , Marcia Courtney-Bellassai
Virginia B. Crinklaw-Pierce, Betty J. Deuser-Budde , Dora D. Strother-McKeown
Elsie Dyer-Monaco, Isabel Fenton-Stinson, Anna Franckman-Atwood-Isbell
Gretchen Gorman-Graba, Francis F. Grimes (Killed in Service), Marion Hanrahan
Elin Harte-Raimondi, Lois Hollingsworth-Ziler , Shirley Ingalls-Thackara
Elaine Jones, Louise Kidd, Florence E. Knight
Vilma Lazar-Qualls, Mary L. Leatherbee, Bertha Link-Trasky
Frederica McAfee-Richardson, Beatrice A. T. Medes, Katherine A. Menges-Brick
Laurine Y. Nielsen, Elinore Owen-Pyle, Jean Hanmer Pearson
Esther Poole-Berner, Mabel Rawlinson ( Killed in Service ), Marie Shale
Joyce Sherwood-Secciani, Mildred Toner-Chapin
Invitations sent for Graduation day for class 43-3
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They were known as The Lost Platoon, because they were the last class to start training in Houston and never really fit in at Sweetwater. "We are the Lost Platoon. We could fly to the moon. We do inverted loops without parachutes. We peel off in a dive, some say that's suicide. Slap-happy though we seem, we're really on the beam."
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