WV. Women military veterans
Record Group
Identifier: WV
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Rachel Summers McGee Collection
Collection
Identifier: WV 0016
Content Description
The collection includes an oral history transcript, 13 January 1999; various photographs of McGee during her service, circa 1942 and undated; 1 newspaper clipping featuring McGee, undated; 2 pages from "Army Life" magazine, May 1943; a Women's Army Auxiliary Corps summer khaki uniform with leather pocketbook.
Dates:
circa 1942-1943
Lauretta Webster Wilkin Collection
Collection
Identifier: WV 0307
Scope and Contents
Letters to her family in West Covington, Kentucky, and several photographs document Lauretta Webster Wilkin's service in the WAAC and WAC during World War II. Subjects include basic training; WAAC parades; uniforms and equipment; her work in the army's drafting department; the transition from the WAAC to the WAC in 1943; war news; family affairs; and social life and recreation, including her softball team, parties, visits with friends, and her courtship and marriage to George Wilkin....
Dates:
1943-1946