Jacqueline (Hart) Morgan (1920 - 2014)

Born 11 Jan 1920 in Celina, Collin, Texas, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Morris Jennings Morgan — married 21 Jul 1948 in Texas, United States

Died 28 Feb 2014 at age 94 in Lufkin, Angelina, Texas, United States

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Biography

Jacqueline (Hart) Morgan is Notable.

Jacqueline (Hart) Morgan served in the United States Army in World War II
Service started: 1943
Unit(s): Womens Airforce Service Pilots
Service ended: 1944

Jacqueline was awarded a Congressional Gold Medal

Jacqueline (Hart) Morgan was a Texan.

Birth 11 Jan 1920 • Celina, Collin, Texas, USA. Daughter of Earl Richard Hart 1895–1943 and Mary Jane McClure 1900–1971 Original Birth Certificate

1940 • Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA - Jackie attended the Roosevelt University, Conservatory of Music. She played the piano.

It is presumed that she met and married Frank Bradford Twitchell (aka "Bud") about this time. It is also presumed that she and Bud divorced, most likely prior to her entry into the military, but definitely prior to her second marriage in 1948. It is unclear at this time as to whether she and Bud had any children together.

Military Dec 1943 • Sweetwater, Nolan, Texas, USA-- Class 44-W-5 reports to Avenger Field for initial WASP flight training. She trains in the AT-6 Texan and the PT-19

PT-19 and AT6 Texas Aircraft

Military 27 Jun 1944 • Sweetwater, Nolan, Texas, USA -- Class 44-W-5 graduates from WASP pilot training. Jackie receives her official wings.

WASP Wings

Military 1 Jul 1944 • Eagle Pass, Maverick, Texas, USA -- Reports to Eagle Pass Army Air Base. She tows targets for the gunnery school and ferried planes to the west coast.

Military 20 Dec 1944 • Eagle Pass, Maverick, Texas, USA -- By order of Congress, the WASP are disbanded on this date. They are allowed to go home by military transport if "there is space available and there in no cost to the government"

Marriage 21 Jul 1948 • Texas, USA to Morris Jennings "Jack" Morgan (1920–1999)

Awarded Veteran Status 23 Nov 1977 • District of Columbia, USA -- President Jimmy Carter signs a bill into law “Officially declaring the Women Airforce Service Pilots as having served on active duty in the Armed Forces of the United States. Public Law 95-202 goes into effect in 1979.

Honorable Discharge May 1979 • District of Columbia, USA - The Air Force issues the first honorable discharges for women serving in the WASP during the Second World War.

Congressional Gold Medal 11 Mar 2010 • District of Columbia, USA -- Awarded the Congressional Gold Medal for service as a female aviator during WWII. The WASP were a trailblazing group of 1,102 civilian female pilots, the first to fly military aircraft under the direction of the United States Army Air Forces during WWII.

Women-Airforce-Service-Pilots-Medal

Death 28 Feb 2014 • Lufkin, Angelina, Texas, USA -- Age 94

Burial Jacksonville, Calhoun, Alabama, USA -- Nances Creek United Methodist Church Cemetery ------Find A Grave Memorial# 16568322

Jacqueline Hart Morgan - Gravestone

Obituary

Graveside service for Jacqueline Hart Morgan, 94, will be Friday, March 7, 2014, at 3 p.m., at Nances Creek Cemetery with the Rev. Garry Brown and the Rev. Ted Anderson officiating.

Mrs. Morgan died Friday, February 28, 2014, at Castle Pines Health & Rehab in Lufkin, Texas. [potential living names omitted].

She served as a Women Air Force Service Pilot during WWII where she was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal for her service and was a captain in the Civil Air Patrol.

She studied music at the Conservatory of Chicago and at SMU. As a lover of animals, Mrs. Morgan was a member of the Irish Setter Club of Houston and the H.O.T. Dog Club.

Mrs. Morgan was preceded in death by her husband, Jack Morgan and her parents, Earl and Mary Hart. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to your local SPCA. Online condolences to the family at

Sources

• "Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1935," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X2R5-T5T : 4 December 2014), Hart, 11 Jan 1920; citing Celina, Collin, Texas, United States, certificate 1098, Bureau of Vital Statistics. State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 4,521,289.

• http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=16568322

• The Anniston Star;Published in The Anniston Star on Mar. 6, 2014; http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/annistonsta /obituary.aspx?n=jacqueline-hart-morgan&pid=170015340

• http://www.twu.edu/library/wasp_listing.asp

• http://twudigital.cdmhost.com/cdm/landingpage/collection/p214coll2

• https://cafriseabove.org/wasp_artifact/wasp-at-eagle-pass-army-air-base-in-texas-in-1944/

• https://www.myheritage.com/names/jacqueline_morgan

• https://www.google.com/books/edition/Texas_Takes_Wing/do4cAgAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Jacqueline++Morgan+Twitchell&pg=PA253&printsec=frontcover Book pg 253

• https://www.americanindianmagazine.org/story/women-warriors-fighting-many-fronts-right-serve

• https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CRECB-2009-pt11/html/CRECB-2009-pt11-Pg15516.htm

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