Charlyene Creger biographical timeline

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Image of text that reads "CHARLYNE CREGER Born in Norman, Oklahoma Graduated from High School, Norman, Okla. Attended University of Oklahoma, Norman. WWII- Night employee at Douglas Aircraft, Oklahoma City, in order to take flying lessons in the daytime. Earned pilot's license 1943,and was accepted as a trainee in an experimental flight training program for women, March,1944, until deactivation December 20, 1944. 4 c 7-.1r Brief a t.-o-n duty at Waco AAF, Waco, TX, for training cadets in instrument flying. Flew for a salvage company, Oklahoma City, flying aircraft from Arkansas to Las Vegas, Nev., for auction, 1945. Scholarship student in nurses training, 1947-50. Hermann Hospital, Houston, TX. Accepted as an AF nurse during the Korean Conflict 1951-52. Injured and medically discharged. Assistant Director, Shriners' Hospital,Shreveport, La., 1952-1954. Anesthesia training, Baylor Hospital, Dallas, TX, 1954-1955. B.S. in nursing, Northwestern State University, Natchitoches, LA. 1963. Post graduate observation in Anesthesia, St. Thomas Hospital, London, England, 1964. -j Anesthetist, primarily for emergencies, LSU Medical Center, Shreveport, LA, 1960-68; 1972-1980. Retired 1980. On Loan as Chief Anesthetist, Earl K. Long Hospital, Baton Rouge, LA 1968-69 May Day, 1990, one of three WASPS honored in Red Square, Moscow, with Nadya Popova, Russia's most decorated WW II woman pilot,a member of the "Night Witches". At age 70, parasailed over Acapulco Bay. At this time, a field representative for W.I.M.S.A.,Women in Military Service of America. Hopefully, enough funds will be available for ground breaking in June,1995, for monument. .ie-.-. /3A " - AL3 - c'"
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Charlyene Creger biographical timeline