Adeline Sears LaPlante Collection
Scope and Contents
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.
Dates
- 1942 - 1945
Creator
- LaPlante, Adeline Sears (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Conditions Governing Use
Biographical / Historical
LaPlante joined the Women's Auxiliary Army Corps (WAAC) in September, 1942. She attended Officer Candidate School at the WAAC Training Center at Fort Des Moines, Iowa, and was commissioned in October, 1942. In January, 1943, LaPlante attended recruiter training in Atlanta, Georgia, before being assigned as a WAAC recruiter in Charlotte, North Carolina. While stationed in Charlotte, LaPlante preformed her recruiting duties by traveling to various cities and towns throughout North Carolina. In September, 1943, LaPlante attended Intermediate Officer Training at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, and Daytona Beach, Florida. She was transferred to Patterson Field, Fairfield, Ohio, in November, 1943, and worked in public relations. LaPlante met her future husband, Roy LaPlante, there and they married in March, 1944.
She was discharged from the WAC in August, 1945, as a 1st Lieutenant. She was discharged from the WAC in August, 1945, as a 1st Lieutenant. LaPlante died on 21 November, 2006.
Extent
0.40 Linear Feet (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
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.
Method of Acquisition
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Processing Information
- LaPlante, Adeline Sears
- United States. Army. Women's Army Auxilliary Corps
- United States. Army. Women's Army Auxilliary Corps -- Recruiting, enlistment, etc.
- United States. Army. Women's Army Corps
- United States. Army. Women's Army Corps -- Recruiting, enlistment, etc.
- Women in war
- Women veterans -- United States
- Women veterans -- United States -- Correspondence
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Female
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- United States
Creator
- LaPlante, Adeline Sears (Person)
- Title
- Adeline Sears LaPlante Collection
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Jennifer Motszko
- Date
- 2010
- 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