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Sendelbach primarily discusses her pilot training, her ferrying duties as a WASP (Women Airforce Service Pilots) during World War II, and her post-service family life. Sendelbach discusses her frequent moves as a child; the Civilian Pilot Training Program at Northwestern State College in Louisiana; her flying lessons in a Piper Cub; and volunteering for the WASPs (Women Airforce Service Pilots) in 1943. " Topics related to her service with the WASP include the three phases of WASP training: PT-19, BT-13, and AT-6; difference between the military and civil service; being stationed in Sweetwater, Texas, and Long Beach, California; living in barracks; ferrying BTs (Vultee Valiants); instrument training; flying a Piper Cub from Arizona to Florida without radio contact; night flying; the low pay for WASPs; WASP uniforms; co-piloting a B-17; lack of recognition from civilians; feeling "forgotten" after the WASPs disbanded; stops in Midway, Texas, and Enid, Oklahoma; WASP work schedule; a close call on a landing; and her admiration of Jacqueline Cochran. " Sendelbach's post-service memories include meeting and corresponding with her future husband, Norman Sendelbach; career advancement at General Electric; her husband's experiences in the military and living in Japan during the Korean War; patriotism; her opinion of women in combat; and her daughter's interest in flying; WASPs receiving veterans benefits in 1977, and going to the VA hospital in Oteen, North Carolina.

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