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mercurygray · 3 months

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Friends, I have failed you all. I've seen a lot of posts over the last week with a lot of great biographical detail about many of the flyers and aircrew who've been name-dropped so far in Masters of the Air - and I haven't seen a single thing about the one name that is directly in the center of this blog's lane.

In Part 2, returning from their mission to Trondheim, Cleven and Egan walk into the Interrogation hut and Egan accepts a cup of coffee from a woman he thanks as Tatty. Later on, at the dance, James Douglass remarks that he will be 'coming in hot' on one of the American Red Cross women on the other side of the room, and one of his friends asks "General Spaatz's daughter? Or the other one?"

Katherine "Tatty" Spaatz was a member of the American Red Cross Clubmobile service and the daughter of General Carl "Tooey" Spaatz, who commanded the Eighth Air Force on its move to England. (General Spaatz later moved to overall command of the entire Army Air Forces in the Europe Theatre of Operations, or ETO. He is, as the kids say, rather important.)

But we're not talking about him here. We're talking about her.

Katherine was 22 years old when she arrived in Europe with the Red Cross. (One of her traveling companions that trip was Kathleen Kennedy, daughter of former U.S. Ambassador Joseph P Kennedy Sr., also coming to serve overseas with the ARC.)

The American Red Cross's mission in Europe had many facets during the Second World War - in addition to activities we might think of today, like collecting blood, providing disaster relief at home and running first aid seminars, they were responsible for collecting and distributing packages for Prisoners of War.

They also operated large canteens like the Rainbow Corner club, a recreational facility in London where soldiers on leave could get a room for the weekend, a bite to eat, and a number of other amenities. Smaller clubs called Donut Dugouts provided a space where a serviceman could always be assured of a cup of hot coffee, a donut, and a pretty girl to talk to, specially recruited for being friendly, fair, approachable, and specially trained to be the girl next door overseas. In addition to these more permanent installations, they also operated the Clubmobile service, a mobile version of their popular Dugouts that moved operations into retooled Green Line Bus Company buses to take donuts and a taste of home to the front line.

Tatty, as she was called, worked on the Clubmobile "North Dakota" along with Julia "Dooley" Townsend, Virginia "Ginny" Sherwood, and Dorothy "Mike" Myrick. Life Magazine did a full article on their clubmobile in February of 1943, which you can read online at the link. There is another lovely blog post with pictures here. She also worked for a time in a more permanent post at the USAAF base at Snetterton Heath, and was later sent to France. You can read a little bit more about her and see more pictures at her bio page at the American Air Museum in Britain website.

If you'd like more information about Tatty, Helen, and women like them, as well as the Clubmobile service, consider reading the following:

Slinging Doughnuts for the Boys by James H. Madison Battlestars & Doughnuts: World War II Clubmobile Experiences of Mary Metcalfe Rexford War through the Hole of a Donut, by Angela Petesch Goodnight, Irene (fiction) - Although this is a novel, it is based on Luis Alberto Urrea's mother's time as a Clubmobile worker and her personal papers.

#women in world war two #women in wartime #original girl gang #american red cross clubmobile service #katherine tatty spaatz #masters of the air #i cannot believe it took me a WHOLE DAMN WEEK

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sgtbuster · 30 days

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And just like that, we are done with chapter two!

Also, happy to say that I have two more pages left until this comic is complete! Omg, I started this comic March of last year and it's finally close to being finished.

Ooh, I wonder what that strange shadow is. Looks very familiar. Oh, I wonder who it could be. lol

Either way, it doesn't look very good for Ace right now. lol

Stay safe and I'll see you next week for the start of chapter three!

#The Starling AU #Book 3 Chapter Two #Gorillaz #Powerpuff Girls #Comic #Fan Comic #myart #Book 3 Requiem of Tartarus #Ace Copular #Snake #Big Billy #Blossom #Bubbles #Murdoc Niccals #OC #Original Character #Gangreen Gang

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brinkmage · 9 months

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Roller. Skate. Girl. Gang.

#roller skate girl gang #original art #original character #derby #switchblade #clown #candy #sukeban

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magicaldragons · 5 months

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ryu si-o is terrible at handling heartbreak: a headcannon

remember how the only type of love ryu si-o knows is the kind of love survival depends on? to feel needed. to need somebody, something.

now hear me out, because there's no way the drugs were ever actually going to kill her, especially with that time she got poisoned with tetrodotoxin? and it wore off in seconds? her metabolism is fast. the whole intention was to make her feel intense thirst, knowing she couldn't reach out for the water in front of her.

what if ryu si-o was putting her through the exact type of pain he went through after her betrayal?

with how he regards love, it would have felt like something vital for his survival was being snatched away. like the ground was falling out from beneath his feet.

and he needed her to know what it felt like. he needed her to know what she'd done to him.

#it's a terrible coping mechanism #but very human in it's origin #just a headcanon #disclaimer #strong girl nam soon #ryu si oh #byeon woo seok #gang namsoon #lee yoo mi #kdrama

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lupinshanshin · 5 months

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#green jacket #part 1 #p01ep09 #lupin #goemon #fujiko #GOEMON RLY SAID NO GIRLS ALLOWED B4 JIGEN DID.... the original misogynist #“women being bad juju to every job we do” YOU'VE DONE ONE JOB W THE GANG. AND IT WAS WITH HER

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raelyn-utonium · 2 days

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★ Masterpost ★

⚬ Bio+Lore

More coming soon...

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realmachinegirl · 8 months

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seconds-2-midnight · 7 months

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cringe culture is dead, this is my Powerpuff Girls / Townsville OC

Gonna start posting my illustrated Gangreen Gang fic soon! And more doodles and little comics. But for now, have this wee bean.

Hazel is a Townsville teen who thinks of herself as a bad girl, but cries if she steps on a bug. She's a gentle soul with a crush on an awkward bad boy...

As a legally blind person myself, I wanted to make a self-indulgent OC who is also a blind little goth baby. Tried to replicate the PPG art style with questionable success, lol.

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#original character #ppg oc #powerpuff girls oc #powerpuff girls #ppg #townsville #gangreen gang #goth oc #blind oc #plus size oc

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nikatyler · 8 months

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Sometimes a friendgroup is a teen drama about a girl who came from middle of nowhere, two disaster lesbians crushing on her, a quiet bi poet and a token straight friend

#ts4 #sims 4 #the sims 4 #sims #simblr #rose legacy extra #oc: james #oc: harley #oc: lyla #oc: orla #oc: gabby #idk who remembers james's original friend group from sims 3 #but i decided to recreate them in ts4!#i changed them up a lil bit. changed their names too. gave them at least bits of personality #previously gabby and lyla (zara and julie in original i think??) had literally nothing #it was all about james orla and harley (aka erin and hayley in the og legacy)#the other two just were there bc i wanted james to have a big girl gang

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vincent-marie · 3 months

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Belated WIP for the week. This time with Ace & my oc Candle Patch.

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Support artists for free by sharing & reblogging, but NOT reposting.

#wip #ace copular #powerpuff girls #gangreen gang #candle patch #original character #ballpoint pen #sketch

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mercurygray · 3 months

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Hey tumblr fam!

On March 1st, the National World War Two Museum in New Orleans is doing a one-day conference on Women in World War Two in honor of Women's History Month. And as with most of their conferences, you can attend online for free!

They've got a really great lineup of speakers this year, and they're also going to be talking about their new exhibit, "Our War Too: Women in Service." I also happen to know that one of the women who consulted on Tyler Perry's upcoming film about the 6888th Postal Battalion is speaking!

This is a really big deal. I have several friends who are historians and museum professionals who've been to the NWWII, and they've said that while it is a beautiful museum, it is very much telling a white, male-centered story. The new exhibit they are opening is a first for them, and it needs to succeed in order for them to do more like it.

If you find yourself with some free time on March 1, please consider signing up and tuning in to the livestream. Attendance at programs like these, even digital attendance, helps show museum executives that people care about these topics and want to see more of them.

#signal boost #women in world war two #original girl gang

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sgtbuster · 2 months

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Finally, here is the cover! I can't believe that we're already here!

Unfortunately, I couldn't finish all of the pages like I wanted to, but I do only have nine pages left until the comic is complete. So I am pretty happy with what I have gotten done so far. You're still going to be getting about four or five pages a week depending on the chapter.

I'm also kind of sad that we're at the end now, I've started this project in late 2019 and started sharing it in 2020. It's crazy that we're already at the last book. Working on this series had meant a lot to me and I had loved sharing it with all of you.

Thank you all so much, stay safe and I'll see you on Sunday, March 3rd for the start of book 3!

#comic #myart #Powerpuff Girls #Gorillaz #The Starling AU #Book 3 #fan comic #Ace Copular #Murdoc Niccals #Noodle #Snake #Gangreen Gang #Ocs #Original Characters #Book 3 Requiem of Tartarus

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chronicteebles · 10 months

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