TIGHAR is a pathetic joke, their number one interest is $$$$$$$$$$$$.
The book Lost Star has a photo of Earhart being sworn in as a Major in the US Army Air Corps Reserves by a General.
Also has some info on her second Electra-—not the one wrecked in Hawaii—such as a pic of it being under armed Army guard and about her stop in Florida to have the plane fitted with Fairchild aerial survey cameras.
Noonan was commissioned as a Lieutenant Commander in the US Navy
Reserves.
That book had some errors but still included stuff I have not seen anywhere
else.
PS, was Musick the captain of the Clipper that vanished?
TIGHAR has conducted 10 search missions with very little to show for it. Last “search” seemed more like a cruise ship journey. However, perhaps the next one (July ‘17) with submersibles will yield something. Or maybe rule out Gardner Is. as crash site? No plane no crash?