Carol Alban Johnson Collection
Content Description
Carol A. Johnson (1944-2022), of Columbus, Ohio, served in the United States Women's Army Corps from 1964 till 1968. She served in the office of the secretary of the army during the Vietnamese Tet Offensive.
This collection includes 1 May 2008 oral history transcript; program and paperwork for the Star Spangled Pageant, a touring exhibit presenting the history of women's association with the United States Army, circa 1967; copy of the Army Commendation Medal with letter, circa 1968; newspaper clipping about Star Spangled Pageant participants circa 1967; newspaper article regarding the Miss Armed Forces competition Carol participated in circa 1966; photographs of Carol during service as a WAC, circa 1966-1967.
Dates
- 1966-2008
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright is retained by the creators of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
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Biographical / Historical
Carol Alban Johnson (1944-2022) of Columbus, Ohio, served in the United States Women's Army Corps from 1964 to 1968. She was stationed in the office of the secretary of the army during the Tet Offensive in Vietnam. Carol Alban Johnson was born in Columbus, Ohio on 15 November 1944. She graduated from West High School and briefly attended Ohio State University before joining the army in 1964. After completing basic training at Fort Rucker, Alabama, Johnson was sent to personnel training at Fort Dix, New Jersey, where she remained as a personnel specialist. In 1967 Johnson was selected to travel the country with an army informational team that provided staged recreations of the history of women in the military. Johnson then served as receptionist for Secretary of the Army Stanley Resor at the Pentagon. In 1968 Johnson left the military after meeting her husband. After being honorably discharged, Johnson pursued a community college education and part time employment. She died on 17 April 2022 in Reidsville, North Carolina.
Extent
0.21 Linear Feet (6 folders)
Language of Materials
English
Metadata Rights Declarations
- License: This record is made available under an Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International Creative Commons license.
Condition Description
The condition is good.
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Processing Information
Processed by Victoria Hinshaw
- United States. Army -- Military life
- United States. Army -- Women
- United States. Army--Women
- United States. Army. Women's Army Corps -- History
- United States. Army. Women's Army Corps -- Interviews
- United States. Army. Women's Army Corps -- Military life
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Participation, Female
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Women
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Women -- United States
- Women and the military
- Women veterans
- Title
- Carol Alban Johnson Collection
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Victoria Hinshaw
- Date
- 2022 September
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- eng
Repository Details
Part of the Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives Repository