United States. Army. Women's Army Auxilliary Corps
Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:
Westray Battle Boyce Collection
Nancy E. Carter Family Collection
Marcelle Fischer Collection
Anne Elisabeth Heyer Collection
Evelyn E. Horton Collection
Adeline Sears LaPlante Collection
Adeline Sears LaPlante (1919-2006) of Easton, Pennsylvania, served as a recruiter and as a public relations officer in the Women's Auxiliary Army Corps (WAAC) and the Women's Army Corps (WAC) from 1942-1945.
This collection includes letters, postcards and Christmas cards from LaPlante to her parents about her career in the WAAC and the WAC from 1943-1944. The collection also contains a photograph album, and news clippings from LaPlante's time in the service.
Thelma L. Meyer Petty Collection
Ellen L. Scott Letters
Collection consists of seven letters written to her parents in Johnson City, Tennessee. In the letters, Scott discusses military life at the various bases at which she was assigned as well as her job responsibilities. The last letter indicates that she had left the WAC and was living in Gadsden, Alabama with her husband Bill who was serving in the Army Air Force.
Roberta Wooddell House and Nancy Wooddell Thornton Collection
Irma Jackson Cayton Wertz Collection
Irma Jackson Cayton Wertz (1911-2007) of Detroit, Michigan, served as an officer in African American units of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) and later the Women's Army Corps (WAC) from 1942-1945.
The collection is made up of nine photographs and one letter from Wertz to her mother.
Lauretta Webster Wilkin Collection
Women Veterans General Printed Materials and Video Recordings Collection
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- Women in war 9
- United States. Army. Women's Army Auxilliary Corps -- Military life 5
- United States. Army. Women's Army Corps -- Military life 5
- United States. Army. Women's Army Auxilliary Corps -- Recruiting, enlistment, etc. 2
- United States. Army. Women's Army Corps -- Recruiting, enlistment, etc. 2
- Women soldiers -- United States -- Correspondence 2
- Women veterans -- United States -- Correspondence 2
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- United States -- Photographs 2
- Afghan War, 2001- 1
- African American soldiers 1
- African American women 1
- Cairo (Egypt) -- Description and travel 1
- France -- Description and travel 1
- Iraq War, 2003-2011 1
- Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Participation, Female 1
- Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Women -- United States 1
- New Guinea -- Description and travel 1
- North Carolina College for Women -- Alumni and alumnae 1
- Persian Gulf War, 1991 -- Participation, Female 1
- Persian Gulf War, 1991 -- Women -- United States 1
- Philippines -- Description and travel 1
- United States. Army. Women's Army Auxilliary Corps -- Uniforms 1
- United States. Army. Women's Army Corps -- Uniforms 1
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Participation, Female 1
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Women 1
- Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.) 1
- Women sailors -- United States 1
- Women soldiers -- Kentucky -- Correspondence 1
- Women soldiers -- Massachusetts -- Correspondence 1
- Women soldiers -- Tennessee -- Correspondence 1
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Women -- United States 1
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Armed Forces -- United States -- Correspondence 1
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