She married Herbert Morgan in 1945. She married Johnny F Martin in about 1948.
She was born Dori Marie Jugle to Richard Jugle, president of the ABCO Ball Mill, a mining machinery company, and his wife, Marie Henkel Jugle. The family traveled often between Pennsylvania and Colorado, and, as a result, Dori never stayed longer than two years in any one school. However, since she was highly intelligent, she skipped three grades between elementary and high school, staying out of school for a period each time she advanced.
During her time off, Dori fell in love with horses and at 14 became a champion rider on her horse, "Firebird." She rode in the hunting, jumping, bareback, and English categories, and won the Colorado State Championship for the "under 18" class three years in a row.
She spent her last two years of high school in Chicago, swimming with the Lake Shore AC Water Ballet Team.
After graduation in August 1940, she won the Catalina Swim Suits national competition for the "Most Beautiful Figure." The prize included a trip to California where she enrolled as a full-time student at the Pasadena Playhouse. She took her father's middle name as her stage name, becoming "Dori Marland." She learned the craft of acting for two years, and worked at Paramount Pictures. She taught riding during her down time.
Like many Hollywood starlets, she agreed to pose for a "pin-up picture" to boost morale for the troops after the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941, but she desperately wanted to do more. She learned of the Womens Airforce Service Pilot (WASP) training program from her father, and immediately returned to Denver to take flying lessons. She soloed in a Luscomb, building up her hours. Once she met the requirements, she applied for the WASP training program, interviewed in Denver, passed all the required tests, and was accepted.
She arrived at Avenger Field in Sweetwater, Texas just after Independence Day 1943 to join the 95-member class, 43-8. After completing six grueling months of training, she and 48 classmates graduated in the first ceremony held inside the new gymnasium, also the first time that graduates sat on stage. No band played and the women didn't march in review, but they were the first WASP to wear the newly-designed, official Women Airforce Service Pilots silver wings. Dori was so proud of hers!
She reported to Douglas Army Air Field in Arizona, the largest twin engine advanced training base in the United States. Her jobs included engineering test piloting, "going places and bringing planes that were wrecked or just barely making it" back to Douglas to be repaired, and administrative "flying around of generals who want[ed] to see things," she said during an interview with Wings Across America in 2001.
She flew on temporary assignment to Orlando, Florida where she completed the officer's training program. From there, she transferred to Kingman, Arizona, completing the B-26 transition training and flying tow target missions. That meant young gunners trained on their weaponry by shooting at her plane and the small target she towed. Still, she loved the B-26. "Some of the men didn't want to fly it,...but I loved it...because it was a real airplane. You had to fly it. You couldn't just sit there like somebody's grandmother...."
After the WASP were disbanded in 1944, she returned to Denver and modeled designer fashions. She met Colonel Herbert Morgan of the WWII Flying Tigers. They married in the Lowry Air Force Base Chapel in Denver, Colorado on June 1945. She followed him to Clovis, New Mexico and to the Pentagon in Washington, DC.
She ended her marriage, and toured with an acting company, performing at air bases in the Rocky Mountain region. "I played the ingénue, of course, and one night, one of the key [older lady] characters didn't show up, so I took that part. I had an old wig and the wrinkles on my face, and I was just horrified. Nobody looked at me. Nobody said, ‘hello'. None of the boys paid any attention to me...so I never played her again! From there on, I stuck with the ingénue."
Her father encouraged her to continue flying, and in 1947 friend Jo Stafford asked her to pilot her plane in the Cleveland Air Races. Dori agreed and entered the race. She was in the lead when the plane developed engine problems and fell silent at treetop level. She survived the crash, but never raced again.
She recuperated and married Johnny F. Martin, chief test pilot for Douglas Aircraft. They moved to the Mojave Desert, then Beverly Hills where they enjoyed the Hollywood lifestyle. The Martins built a home in Rolling Hills and started a family. Dori raised two sons, Richard Joseph and Michael James.
She completed night school courses, earned her real estate license, and worked for Wagenseller & Durst Securities Corporation, managing high-rise office buildings in downtown Los Angeles.
When the couple separated, Dori and her sons moved to South Pasadena.
A long rehabilitation phase after a fall ended her career in real estate management. She remembered it as one of the toughest times in her life. She supported her sons, parents, and herself by working the graveyard shift sorting mail at the US Post Office.
After her children grew up, she began traveling, spending time with friends in Europe and the US. She visited Sun City West, Arizona and stayed for 27 years. Just a quick bus trip to Las Vegas, Dori loved the area, winning blackjack tournaments, making new friends, and swimming year round.
When asked about her favorite things in life, she answered, "I'd say horses, airplanes, men, and parties, not necessarily in that order."
The US Congress awarded her and her sister WASP the Congressional Medal of Honor in 2010, the highest award that body can bestow, for their brave service in World War II.
From horsewoman to Hollywood starlet, Dori was truly one-of-a-kind. Forever the ingenue, she was a patriot. She could have "acted" her way through World War II, but learned to fly to serve her country as a WASP. She made her way, always doing so with a smile.
A ceremony celebrating Dori's life was held at Freedom Inn Assisted living Residence in Sun City West, Arizona on May 15, 2013. Please make memorial donations in Dori's honor to Wings Across America, the National WASP WWII Museum, or to Sun Cities 4 Paws Rescue, Inc.
"I wanted to do something in the war. I didn't just want to sit home and model or be an actress. My father told me about the WASP, and I thought, 'Well, that's perfect!' I had several boyfriends who were airline captains. I had excellent instruction!" -- Dori Marland Martin, interview for Wings Across America
By Nancy Parrish
She was born Dori Marie Jugle to Richard Jugle, president of the ABCO Ball Mill, a mining machinery company, and his wife, Marie Henkel Jugle. The family traveled often between Pennsylvania and Colorado, and, as a result, Dori never stayed longer than two years in any one school. However, since she was highly intelligent, she skipped three grades between elementary and high school, staying out of school for a period each time she advanced.
During her time off, Dori fell in love with horses and at 14 became a champion rider on her horse, "Firebird." She rode in the hunting, jumping, bareback, and English categories, and won the Colorado State Championship for the "under 18" class three years in a row.
She spent her last two years of high school in Chicago, swimming with the Lake Shore AC Water Ballet Team.
After graduation in August 1940, she won the Catalina Swim Suits national competition for the "Most Beautiful Figure." The prize included a trip to California where she enrolled as a full-time student at the Pasadena Playhouse. She took her father's middle name as her stage name, becoming "Dori Marland." She learned the craft of acting for two years, and worked at Paramount Pictures. She taught riding during her down time.
Like many Hollywood starlets, she agreed to pose for a "pin-up picture" to boost morale for the troops after the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941, but she desperately wanted to do more. She learned of the Womens Airforce Service Pilot (WASP) training program from her father, and immediately returned to Denver to take flying lessons. She soloed in a Luscomb, building up her hours. Once she met the requirements, she applied for the WASP training program, interviewed in Denver, passed all the required tests, and was accepted.
She arrived at Avenger Field in Sweetwater, Texas just after Independence Day 1943 to join the 95-member class, 43-8. After completing six grueling months of training, she and 48 classmates graduated in the first ceremony held inside the new gymnasium, also the first time that graduates sat on stage. No band played and the women didn't march in review, but they were the first WASP to wear the newly-designed, official Women Airforce Service Pilots silver wings. Dori was so proud of hers!
She reported to Douglas Army Air Field in Arizona, the largest twin engine advanced training base in the United States. Her jobs included engineering test piloting, "going places and bringing planes that were wrecked or just barely making it" back to Douglas to be repaired, and administrative "flying around of generals who want[ed] to see things," she said during an interview with Wings Across America in 2001.
She flew on temporary assignment to Orlando, Florida where she completed the officer's training program. From there, she transferred to Kingman, Arizona, completing the B-26 transition training and flying tow target missions. That meant young gunners trained on their weaponry by shooting at her plane and the small target she towed. Still, she loved the B-26. "Some of the men didn't want to fly it,...but I loved it...because it was a real airplane. You had to fly it. You couldn't just sit there like somebody's grandmother...."
After the WASP were disbanded in 1944, she returned to Denver and modeled designer fashions. She met Colonel Herbert Morgan of the WWII Flying Tigers. They married in the Lowry Air Force Base Chapel in Denver, Colorado on June 1945. She followed him to Clovis, New Mexico and to the Pentagon in Washington, DC.
She ended her marriage, and toured with an acting company, performing at air bases in the Rocky Mountain region. "I played the ingénue, of course, and one night, one of the key [older lady] characters didn't show up, so I took that part. I had an old wig and the wrinkles on my face, and I was just horrified. Nobody looked at me. Nobody said, ‘hello'. None of the boys paid any attention to me...so I never played her again! From there on, I stuck with the ingénue."
Her father encouraged her to continue flying, and in 1947 friend Jo Stafford asked her to pilot her plane in the Cleveland Air Races. Dori agreed and entered the race. She was in the lead when the plane developed engine problems and fell silent at treetop level. She survived the crash, but never raced again.
She recuperated and married Johnny F. Martin, chief test pilot for Douglas Aircraft. They moved to the Mojave Desert, then Beverly Hills where they enjoyed the Hollywood lifestyle. The Martins built a home in Rolling Hills and started a family. Dori raised two sons, Richard Joseph and Michael James.
She completed night school courses, earned her real estate license, and worked for Wagenseller & Durst Securities Corporation, managing high-rise office buildings in downtown Los Angeles.
When the couple separated, Dori and her sons moved to South Pasadena.
A long rehabilitation phase after a fall ended her career in real estate management. She remembered it as one of the toughest times in her life. She supported her sons, parents, and herself by working the graveyard shift sorting mail at the US Post Office.
After her children grew up, she began traveling, spending time with friends in Europe and the US. She visited Sun City West, Arizona and stayed for 27 years. Just a quick bus trip to Las Vegas, Dori loved the area, winning blackjack tournaments, making new friends, and swimming year round.
When asked about her favorite things in life, she answered, "I'd say horses, airplanes, men, and parties, not necessarily in that order."
The US Congress awarded her and her sister WASP the Congressional Medal of Honor in 2010, the highest award that body can bestow, for their brave service in World War II.
From horsewoman to Hollywood starlet, Dori was truly one-of-a-kind. Forever the ingenue, she was a patriot. She could have "acted" her way through World War II, but learned to fly to serve her country as a WASP. She made her way, always doing so with a smile.
A ceremony celebrating Dori's life was held at Freedom Inn Assisted living Residence in Sun City West, Arizona on May 15, 2013. Please make memorial donations in Dori's honor to Wings Across America, the National WASP WWII Museum, or to Sun Cities 4 Paws Rescue, Inc.
"I wanted to do something in the war. I didn't just want to sit home and model or be an actress. My father told me about the WASP, and I thought, 'Well, that's perfect!' I had several boyfriends who were airline captains. I had excellent instruction!" -- Dori Marland Martin, interview for Wings Across America
By Nancy Parrish
She married Herbert Morgan in 1945. She married Johnny F Martin in about 1948.
She was born Dori Marie Jugle to Richard Jugle, president of the ABCO Ball Mill, a mining machinery company, and his wife, Marie Henkel Jugle. The family traveled often between Pennsylvania and Colorado, and, as a result, Dori never stayed longer than two years in any one school. However, since she was highly intelligent, she skipped three grades between elementary and high school, staying out of school for a period each time she advanced.
During her time off, Dori fell in love with horses and at 14 became a champion rider on her horse, "Firebird." She rode in the hunting, jumping, bareback, and English categories, and won the Colorado State Championship for the "under 18" class three years in a row.
She spent her last two years of high school in Chicago, swimming with the Lake Shore AC Water Ballet Team.
After graduation in August 1940, she won the Catalina Swim Suits national competition for the "Most Beautiful Figure." The prize included a trip to California where she enrolled as a full-time student at the Pasadena Playhouse. She took her father's middle name as her stage name, becoming "Dori Marland." She learned the craft of acting for two years, and worked at Paramount Pictures. She taught riding during her down time.
Like many Hollywood starlets, she agreed to pose for a "pin-up picture" to boost morale for the troops after the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941, but she desperately wanted to do more. She learned of the Womens Airforce Service Pilot (WASP) training program from her father, and immediately returned to Denver to take flying lessons. She soloed in a Luscomb, building up her hours. Once she met the requirements, she applied for the WASP training program, interviewed in Denver, passed all the required tests, and was accepted.
She arrived at Avenger Field in Sweetwater, Texas just after Independence Day 1943 to join the 95-member class, 43-8. After completing six grueling months of training, she and 48 classmates graduated in the first ceremony held inside the new gymnasium, also the first time that graduates sat on stage. No band played and the women didn't march in review, but they were the first WASP to wear the newly-designed, official Women Airforce Service Pilots silver wings. Dori was so proud of hers!
She reported to Douglas Army Air Field in Arizona, the largest twin engine advanced training base in the United States. Her jobs included engineering test piloting, "going places and bringing planes that were wrecked or just barely making it" back to Douglas to be repaired, and administrative "flying around of generals who want[ed] to see things," she said during an interview with Wings Across America in 2001.
She flew on temporary assignment to Orlando, Florida where she completed the officer's training program. From there, she transferred to Kingman, Arizona, completing the B-26 transition training and flying tow target missions. That meant young gunners trained on their weaponry by shooting at her plane and the small target she towed. Still, she loved the B-26. "Some of the men didn't want to fly it,...but I loved it...because it was a real airplane. You had to fly it. You couldn't just sit there like somebody's grandmother...."
After the WASP were disbanded in 1944, she returned to Denver and modeled designer fashions. She met Colonel Herbert Morgan of the WWII Flying Tigers. They married in the Lowry Air Force Base Chapel in Denver, Colorado on June 1945. She followed him to Clovis, New Mexico and to the Pentagon in Washington, DC.
She ended her marriage, and toured with an acting company, performing at air bases in the Rocky Mountain region. "I played the ingénue, of course, and one night, one of the key [older lady] characters didn't show up, so I took that part. I had an old wig and the wrinkles on my face, and I was just horrified. Nobody looked at me. Nobody said, ‘hello'. None of the boys paid any attention to me...so I never played her again! From there on, I stuck with the ingénue."
Her father encouraged her to continue flying, and in 1947 friend Jo Stafford asked her to pilot her plane in the Cleveland Air Races. Dori agreed and entered the race. She was in the lead when the plane developed engine problems and fell silent at treetop level. She survived the crash, but never raced again.
She recuperated and married Johnny F. Martin, chief test pilot for Douglas Aircraft. They moved to the Mojave Desert, then Beverly Hills where they enjoyed the Hollywood lifestyle. The Martins built a home in Rolling Hills and started a family. Dori raised two sons, Richard Joseph and Michael James.
She completed night school courses, earned her real estate license, and worked for Wagenseller & Durst Securities Corporation, managing high-rise office buildings in downtown Los Angeles.
When the couple separated, Dori and her sons moved to South Pasadena.
A long rehabilitation phase after a fall ended her career in real estate management. She remembered it as one of the toughest times in her life. She supported her sons, parents, and herself by working the graveyard shift sorting mail at the US Post Office.
After her children grew up, she began traveling, spending time with friends in Europe and the US. She visited Sun City West, Arizona and stayed for 27 years. Just a quick bus trip to Las Vegas, Dori loved the area, winning blackjack tournaments, making new friends, and swimming year round.
When asked about her favorite things in life, she answered, "I'd say horses, airplanes, men, and parties, not necessarily in that order."
The US Congress awarded her and her sister WASP the Congressional Medal of Honor in 2010, the highest award that body can bestow, for their brave service in World War II.
From horsewoman to Hollywood starlet, Dori was truly one-of-a-kind. Forever the ingenue, she was a patriot. She could have "acted" her way through World War II, but learned to fly to serve her country as a WASP. She made her way, always doing so with a smile.
A ceremony celebrating Dori's life was held at Freedom Inn Assisted living Residence in Sun City West, Arizona on May 15, 2013. Please make memorial donations in Dori's honor to Wings Across America, the National WASP WWII Museum, or to Sun Cities 4 Paws Rescue, Inc.
"I wanted to do something in the war. I didn't just want to sit home and model or be an actress. My father told me about the WASP, and I thought, 'Well, that's perfect!' I had several boyfriends who were airline captains. I had excellent instruction!" -- Dori Marland Martin, interview for Wings Across America
By Nancy Parrish
She was born Dori Marie Jugle to Richard Jugle, president of the ABCO Ball Mill, a mining machinery company, and his wife, Marie Henkel Jugle. The family traveled often between Pennsylvania and Colorado, and, as a result, Dori never stayed longer than two years in any one school. However, since she was highly intelligent, she skipped three grades between elementary and high school, staying out of school for a period each time she advanced.
During her time off, Dori fell in love with horses and at 14 became a champion rider on her horse, "Firebird." She rode in the hunting, jumping, bareback, and English categories, and won the Colorado State Championship for the "under 18" class three years in a row.
She spent her last two years of high school in Chicago, swimming with the Lake Shore AC Water Ballet Team.
After graduation in August 1940, she won the Catalina Swim Suits national competition for the "Most Beautiful Figure." The prize included a trip to California where she enrolled as a full-time student at the Pasadena Playhouse. She took her father's middle name as her stage name, becoming "Dori Marland." She learned the craft of acting for two years, and worked at Paramount Pictures. She taught riding during her down time.
Like many Hollywood starlets, she agreed to pose for a "pin-up picture" to boost morale for the troops after the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941, but she desperately wanted to do more. She learned of the Womens Airforce Service Pilot (WASP) training program from her father, and immediately returned to Denver to take flying lessons. She soloed in a Luscomb, building up her hours. Once she met the requirements, she applied for the WASP training program, interviewed in Denver, passed all the required tests, and was accepted.
She arrived at Avenger Field in Sweetwater, Texas just after Independence Day 1943 to join the 95-member class, 43-8. After completing six grueling months of training, she and 48 classmates graduated in the first ceremony held inside the new gymnasium, also the first time that graduates sat on stage. No band played and the women didn't march in review, but they were the first WASP to wear the newly-designed, official Women Airforce Service Pilots silver wings. Dori was so proud of hers!
She reported to Douglas Army Air Field in Arizona, the largest twin engine advanced training base in the United States. Her jobs included engineering test piloting, "going places and bringing planes that were wrecked or just barely making it" back to Douglas to be repaired, and administrative "flying around of generals who want[ed] to see things," she said during an interview with Wings Across America in 2001.
She flew on temporary assignment to Orlando, Florida where she completed the officer's training program. From there, she transferred to Kingman, Arizona, completing the B-26 transition training and flying tow target missions. That meant young gunners trained on their weaponry by shooting at her plane and the small target she towed. Still, she loved the B-26. "Some of the men didn't want to fly it,...but I loved it...because it was a real airplane. You had to fly it. You couldn't just sit there like somebody's grandmother...."
After the WASP were disbanded in 1944, she returned to Denver and modeled designer fashions. She met Colonel Herbert Morgan of the WWII Flying Tigers. They married in the Lowry Air Force Base Chapel in Denver, Colorado on June 1945. She followed him to Clovis, New Mexico and to the Pentagon in Washington, DC.
She ended her marriage, and toured with an acting company, performing at air bases in the Rocky Mountain region. "I played the ingénue, of course, and one night, one of the key [older lady] characters didn't show up, so I took that part. I had an old wig and the wrinkles on my face, and I was just horrified. Nobody looked at me. Nobody said, ‘hello'. None of the boys paid any attention to me...so I never played her again! From there on, I stuck with the ingénue."
Her father encouraged her to continue flying, and in 1947 friend Jo Stafford asked her to pilot her plane in the Cleveland Air Races. Dori agreed and entered the race. She was in the lead when the plane developed engine problems and fell silent at treetop level. She survived the crash, but never raced again.
She recuperated and married Johnny F. Martin, chief test pilot for Douglas Aircraft. They moved to the Mojave Desert, then Beverly Hills where they enjoyed the Hollywood lifestyle. The Martins built a home in Rolling Hills and started a family. Dori raised two sons, Richard Joseph and Michael James.
She completed night school courses, earned her real estate license, and worked for Wagenseller & Durst Securities Corporation, managing high-rise office buildings in downtown Los Angeles.
When the couple separated, Dori and her sons moved to South Pasadena.
A long rehabilitation phase after a fall ended her career in real estate management. She remembered it as one of the toughest times in her life. She supported her sons, parents, and herself by working the graveyard shift sorting mail at the US Post Office.
After her children grew up, she began traveling, spending time with friends in Europe and the US. She visited Sun City West, Arizona and stayed for 27 years. Just a quick bus trip to Las Vegas, Dori loved the area, winning blackjack tournaments, making new friends, and swimming year round.
When asked about her favorite things in life, she answered, "I'd say horses, airplanes, men, and parties, not necessarily in that order."
The US Congress awarded her and her sister WASP the Congressional Medal of Honor in 2010, the highest award that body can bestow, for their brave service in World War II.
From horsewoman to Hollywood starlet, Dori was truly one-of-a-kind. Forever the ingenue, she was a patriot. She could have "acted" her way through World War II, but learned to fly to serve her country as a WASP. She made her way, always doing so with a smile.
A ceremony celebrating Dori's life was held at Freedom Inn Assisted living Residence in Sun City West, Arizona on May 15, 2013. Please make memorial donations in Dori's honor to Wings Across America, the National WASP WWII Museum, or to Sun Cities 4 Paws Rescue, Inc.
"I wanted to do something in the war. I didn't just want to sit home and model or be an actress. My father told me about the WASP, and I thought, 'Well, that's perfect!' I had several boyfriends who were airline captains. I had excellent instruction!" -- Dori Marland Martin, interview for Wings Across America
By Nancy Parrish
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