Mayes primarily discusses WASP training, working overseas with the Red Cross and Air Force Pacific Command, and her experiences in the Air Force Reserves, GE, and as a WASP veteran. Mayes details her mother's experiences teaching and being a university housemother and living in Paris, France; the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor; her interest in flying; her brother's death in 1942 as a military pilot; and remembrances of President Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt. " Topics related to Mayes' WASP service include a Life magazine feature on the WASPs; interviewing with Leoti Deaton, the WASP Establishment Officer; the number of WASP trainees "washing out" living in barracks; a typical day of WASP training; a memorable instructor, Lieutenant LaRue;"forced" landings at Avenger Field by male pilots; drill instruction; Texas sandstorms; freeing a man to fight; cross-country flights; instrument training;"zoot suits" WASP uniforms; various duties of the WASPs, including ferrying, instructing, and target towing; and the WASPs disbanding shortly after she finished training." Mayes describes her decision to join the American Red Cross (ARC) and her brief stateside orientation; traveling overseas to the Philippines; flying on an air force plane in the Philippines; and working in Red Cross clubs. She discusses her desk duties with the Air Force Pacific Command (PACUSA); her living quarters in Tokyo; climbing Mount Fuji; and her contact with and impressions of Japanese people. Other topics include Mayes' duties in the Air Force Reserves; traveling to Fayetteville for Reserves training; her opinion of women in the military and in combat; WASP deaths during training; being the only woman in her reserve unit; and her involvement the Women Military Pilots Association, Inc. (now Women Military Aviators).