Rosies Are Adaptable. From farm life beginnings in Fulton, Mississippi to factory work in Ypsilanti, Michigan, to a career with Sears Roebuck and Company in Marietta, Georgia, Earline Gaither was faced with many changes throughout her life. As a teenage wife, whose husband was rejected from service due to a […]
Artist J. Howard Miller is thought to have based his “We Can Do It!” poster on a United Press International wire service photograph taken of a young female war worker, widely but possibly erroneously reported as being a photo of Michigan war worker Geraldine Hoff (later Doyle). More recent evidence […]
Where does the famous “We Can Do It!” poster come from? In 1942, Pittsburgh artist J. Howard Miller was hired by the Westinghouse Company’s War Production Coordinating Committee to create a series of posters for the war effort. One of these posters became the famous “We Can Do It!” image, […]
The term “Rosie the Riveter” was first used in 1942 in a song of the same name written by Redd Evans and John Jacob Loeb. The song was recorded by numerous artists, including the popular big band leader Kay Kyser, and it became a national hit.The song portrays “Rosie” as […]
Who really was Rosie the Riveter? Rosie the Riveter was an allegorical cultural icon of World War II, representing the women who worked in factories and shipyards during World War II, many of whom produced munitions and war supplies. These women sometimes took entirely new jobs replacing the male workers […]
By Steve Forsyth, CAF Airbase Georgia Public Information Officer Betty Bishop could never have known that her WWII aircraft factory work when she was 18 would bring her a hero’s honor in 2020. Surrounded by a small crowd and numerous cameras, Betty watched in November as the Commemorative Air Force Airbase Georgia unveiled […]
PEACHTREE CITY, GA. (Dec 1, 2020) – A World War II Stearman training plane is among 12 aircraft selected this year for the annual Commemorative Air Force (CAF) fundraising campaign, “Twelve Planes of Christmas.” The CAF Airbase Georgia in Peachtree City, Ga., is restoring the Stearman and dedicating it to […]
Please join us for a Commemorative Air Force TRARON Formation clinic at the Atlanta Regional Airport – Falcon Field (KFFC) from November 13-15, 2020. Click HERE to register.
The Commemorative Air Force (CAF) Airbase Georgia is hosting a virtual open house and recruiting night for potential new members, especially aircraft mechanics, at 7 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020. Interested people will be given a one-hour Zoom meeting invitation to see a virtual tour of the hangar […]
Effective Saturday, 25 July, 2020, flights will again be available on a limited basis on our WWII Warbirds. At this time, flights will be available only on the SBD Dauntless, LT-6 and T-34. Our Aviation Museum remains closed to visitors due to the continuing uncertainty of Covid-19, so all flights […]