WASP C-47 flight crew: Pilot Joanna Trebtoske (Jenks), left,
and Copilot Marjorie Logan (Rolle)
at Romulus Army Air Field, Mich. (U.S. Air Force photo)
70 Years Ago—Aug. 19,
1943: Australians take Mt.
Tambu and Komiatum Ridge, New Guinea
after month of fighting. First Wasps (woman pilots) assigned to US Troop
Carrier Command. Movie premiere of Du
Barry Was a Lady—Cole Porter musical with Red Skelton, Lucille Ball,
Virginia O’Brien.
