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A Memorial Day Love Story

May 24, 2015 By Elin Stebbins Waldal 24 Comments

Because my mother is no longer alive to ask, I try to imagine the emotions that would have been swirling through her mind as she entered Penn Station on an […]

Filed Under: Grief Tagged With: Love Story, Memorial Day, WASP, WWII

Veterans Day: My Mother the WASP

Nov 11, 2013 By Elin Stebbins Waldal 15 Comments

In December of 1943 my mother, who then went by, Elinor Fairchild, received a letter from Jaqueline Cochran, Director of Women Pilots of The War Department, letting her know that […]

Filed Under: Inspiration, NaBloPoMo13 Tagged With: Mother, Veteran's Day, WASP, Women Pilots, WWII

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