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Westray Battle Boyce Collection

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Identifier: WV 0472

Abstract Westray Battle Boyce (1901 - 1972), of Rocky Mount, North Carolina, served as part of the Women's Auxiliary Army Corp (WAAC) and Women's Army Corp (WAC) from 1942 to 1947. She served under General Eisenhower in North Africa and is the first woman to have received the Legion of Merit medal. In 1945, she succeeded Colonel Oveta Culp Hobby as director of the WAC and served as its second director until her retirement from military service in 1947.Collection contains copies of letters...

Dates: 1943-1975; Other: Date acquired: 2009

Found in: Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives

Triangle Seagals Collection

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Identifier: WV 0601

Abstract Unit 144 of the WAVES National Organization, the Triangle Seagals, is an organization of Women Veterans of the United States Navy, Navy Nurse Corps, Coast Guard and Marines. The majority of their members served with the Navy WAVES during World War II.As of February, 2016, this collection consists of scrapbooks and photo albums related to the activities of the Triangle Seagals. The scrapbooks contain correspondence, ephemera, photographs, and newsletters related to WAVES, Women...

Dates: 1989-2015; Other: Majority of material found in circa 1990-1999

Found in: Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives

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Subject: Women veterans -- United States -- Correspondence X
Subject: World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- United States -- Photographs X

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