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[Letter from Constance Phillips to parents, 1945]

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Title	[Letter from Constance Phillips to parents, 1945]
Date	1945-02
Item creator's name	Phillips, Constance Cline
Subject headings	World War, 1939-1945 United States. Army--Women
Era	World War II era (1940-1946)
Service branch	Army--WAC
Item description	Phillips discusses receiving her uniform, cleaning duty and a surprise first inspection, moving to "Boom town" barracks soon, and working very hard but looking forward to free time on Sunday.
Veteran's name	Phillips, Constance Cline
Veteran's biography	Constance Phillips (1924-2014) of Concord, North Carolina, was an X-ray technician in the Women's Army Corps from 1945 to 1946 . Constance Cline Phillips was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1924 to a businessman and a World War I nurse. She was raised in Concord, North Carolina, and graduated from Concord High School in 1942. She then enrolled at the Woman's College (now the University of North Carolina at Greensboro) and also took summer courses at Appalachian State Teachers College (now Appalachian State University). After having difficulties with her course requirements, Phillips joined the Women's Army Corps in February 1945 . Phillips attended basic training at Fort Des Moines, Iowa, and was then sent to Camp Atterbury, Indiana, where she attended X-ray school. Phillips was stationed at Nichols General Hospital in Louisville, Kentucky, from August 1945 to March 1946. In April and May of 1946 she was stationed at Ashford General Hospital in White Sulfur Springs, West Virginia. Phillips was transferred to Valley Forge General Hospital in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, in June of 1946 and was there until August. On 22 August 1946, Phillips was discharged from the army at Fort Bragg, North Carolina . After her discharge, Phillips returned to finish her education at Woman's College on the GI Bill. She worked for a summer on a State of North Carolina mobile X-ray unit. She married in September 1948 and went on to teach in Wilmington, Delaware, for a year, while her husband played professional football for the Baltimore Colts. She also lived in Richmond and nearby Midlothian, Virginia, while raising three children.
Place	Des Moines (Iowa)
Type	text
Original format	correspondence
Original publisher	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified]
Language	en
Contributing institution	Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries
Source collection	WV0082 Constance Cline Phillips Papers
Collection summary	Oral History Interview; Correspondence, 1945-1946; PhotographsHonorable Discharge, 1946; Medical Department Special Schools X-Ray Technician Certificate, 1945; Passes, 1945-1946; WAC Handbook, 1944; WAC News, 28 Oct 1944; Miscellaneous Brochures and Programs, 1944-1945; Portrait, pencil on newsprint, 1945.
Rights statement	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Additional rights information	IN COPYRIGHT. This item is subject to copyright. Contact the rights holder noted above for permission to reuse.
Object ID	WV0082.4.002
Digital publisher	The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, University Libraries, PO Box 26170, Greensboro NC 27402-6170, 336.334.5304 -- http://library.uncg.edu/
OCLC number	900816416

[Letter from Constance Phillips to parents, 1945]

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[Letter from Constance Phillips to parents, 1945]