World War II Honoree

Ada Laverne Jane Austin Warnick

Hometown

Fort Worth, Texas

Honored By

Judith Warnick Highsmith

Relationship

Daughter

WORKED ON AIRCRAFT ASSEMBLY INSTALLING WIRING HARNESSES AT THE CONSOLIDATED VULTEE AIRCRAFT PLANT IN FORT WORTH, TX DURING THE WAR, AFTER HER ARMY PARATROOPER HUSBAND, ARCHIE L. WARNICK, SHIPPED OUT TO JUMP AT NORMANDY. SHE WAS PREGNANT WITH HER FIRST DAUGHTER DURING THIS TIME AND DID NOT TELL HER FOREMAN UNTIL JUST BEFORE HER DUE DATE, AS SHE WANTED TO DO WHAT SHE COULD TO MAKE SAFE AIRPLANES IN CASE HER HUSBAND FLEW IN/JUMPED FROM ONE OF THEM. THIS PLANT WAS LATER CALLED CONVAIR, THEN GENERAL DYNAMICS, AND NOW IS CALLED LOCKHEED; IT STILL PRODUCES MILITARY AIRCRAFT FOR OUR NATION'S DEFENSE.