WV. Women military veterans
Record Group
Identifier: WV
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Coralee "Coco" Burson Davis Collection
Collection
Identifier: WV 0222
Abstract
Coralee "Coco" Burson Davis (1921-2016), of Pasadena, California, served in the Coast Guard SPARS from 1942-1946 and was a member of the Tars and Spars musical revue and movie cast.
Dates:
1942-1946
Sarah Clapp Haworth Collection
Collection
Identifier: WV 0509
Content Description
Sarah Clapp Haworth (1920-2011), of Swannanoa, North Carolina, served in the United States Women's Auxiliary Army Corps (WAAC) from 1942 to 1943.
This collection includes 18 March 2011 oral history transcript.
Dates:
2011 March 18
Bessie L. Herbert Collection
Collection
Identifier: WV 0303
Scope and Contents
Photograph album contains pictures of Bessie L. Herbert and friends in various poses during her service in the WAC in World War II. Photos were taken at Camp Grant, Illinois; Fort Sheridan, Illinois; on leave in Brookfield, Massachusetts; Springfield, Massachusetts; and downtown Des Moines, Iowa. Includes some photos of Herbert's family and many of her WAC colleagues. Topics include Herbert posing in front of a WAAC recruitment poster; scenery around Camp Grant in the winter of 1943-44 and...
Dates:
1943-1944
Lillian M. Pimlott Collection
Collection
Identifier: WV 0219
Abstract
Lillian Mary Pimlott, a Trenton, New Jersey native, joined the U.S. Navy WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) in March 1943 as an ensign and retired years later as a lieutenant commander in the navy.Correspondence, military papers, photographs, and printed material primarily document Lillian Pimlott's 1943-1946 service in the WAVES and her continued military service in the naval reserves. Letters to family and friends describe Pimlott's 1937 travels to England,...
Dates:
1937-1968
Irma Jackson Cayton Wertz Collection
Collection
Identifier: WV 0523
Abstract
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.
Dates:
1942-1945; Other: Date acquired: 05/01/2007