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E-award card with pin, front (#1) and back (#2), from Beech Aircraft Corporation. Donated by Greg Sanderson, accession 144. Ruth Alice Holt Sanderson, donor’s mother, installed seats in fighter planes at Beach Aircraft in Wichita, KS for 1 ½ years. Size: 2”x3.5”.

E-award card with pin. Donated by Zelpha Bell Leverone, accession 264. Zelpha held many jobs during the war, including wing assembly line at Culver Aircraft in Wichita, KS and a riveter at Boeing for Cessna. Size: 2”x4.5”.

E-pin. Donated by Rose Strobel, accession 280. Rose was a turret lathe operator at the Naval Ordinance Plant for 3 years. Size: ½”x1”.

E-award paperweight from Curtiss-Wright Corporation, Airplane Division in Buffalo, NY. Donated by Linda Gilliam, accession 203. Thelma R. Withey, donor’s grandmother, was a stock selector at Curtiss-Wright Corporation in Buffalo, NY for 1 ½ years. Size: approximately 1.5” diameter.

Envelope containing an E-award. Donated by Virginia E. Noe, accession 198. Virginia was a drill press operator at Amertorp Corporation in Forest Park, IL between 1942-1945. Size: 5”x3”.

Program from E-award ceremony from Seaboard Coil Spring Corporation. Donated by Bonnie Carlisle, accession 272. Bonnie was a machine operator at Seaboard Coil Spring Co. in Los Angeles, CA for 2 years. Size: 9”x6”.

E-award certificate from The Glenn L. Martin-Nebraska Company. Donated by Gertrude Chance, accession 195. Gertrude was a riveter at Glenn L. Martin – Nebraska Co. in Omaha, NE between 1942-1945.

E-award certificate from Bell Aircraft. Donated by Carol Ann Crowe, accession 239. Jessie Laverda Hurst Riggle, donor’s aunt, worked at Bell Airfract Corporation in Buffalo and Niagara Falls, NY. Size: 8”x12”. Size: 7”x9”.