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Title
[African
American
WAACs
or
WACs
and
soldiers
at a
party
;
circa
1942-1945]
Date
1942-1945
Date approximate?
yes
Subject headings
World War, 1939-1945
United States. Army--Women
Era
World War II era (1940-1946)
Service branch
Army--WAAC
Army--WAC
Item description
African
American
WAACs
or
WACs
and
soldiers
dance
at a
party
.
Three
couples
are on the
dance
floor
as a
band
plays
and
others
watch
. The
man
furthest
to the
left
is
a
sergeant
;
circa
1942-1945
.
Veteran's name
Wertz, Irma Jackson Cayton
Veteran's biography
Irma
Jackson
Cayton
Wertz
(1911-2007)
of
Detroit
,
Michigan
,
served
as an
officer
in
African
American
units
of the
WAAC
and
later
WAC
from
1942-1945
.
Irma
Jackson
Cayton
Wertz
was
born
8
May
1911
in
Brunswick
,
Georgia
to a
military
family
. Her
father
was a
physician
and
served
during
World
War
I
. She
attended
Atlanta
and
Fisk
Universities
, and
while
at
school
met
her
future
husband
Horace
R
.
Cayton
. They were
married
in
1935
in
Chicago
and would
divorce
and
remarry
again
before
their
final
divorce
during
the
war
. In
1942
, she
entered
the
Women’s
Auxiliary
Army
Corps
(WAAC)
as
part
of the
first
Officer
Training
School
for
African
American
Women
.
Upon
completion
of her
training
at
Fort
Des
Moines
,
Iowa
,
Wertz
was
briefly
stationed
at
WAAC
Headquarters
in
Washington
,
D.C.
,
before
being
reassigned
to
Fort
Huachuca
,
Arizona
and the
Thirty-second
WAAC
(later
,
WAC)
Post
Headquarters
Company
.
While
at
Fort
Huachuca
,
Wertz
fought
for
better
assignments
for
WACs
,
who
were
frequently
given
assignments
unequal
to their
skills
and
training
. In
1944
she was
promoted
to
Captain
and
relocated
to
Fort
Lewis
,
Washington
as
commander
of a
WAC
unit
there. She was
discharged
upon
the
end
of the
war
, in
1945
.
Wertz
met
her
second
husband
,
William
Jackson
Wertz
,
while
at
Fort
Huachuca
. They
married
in
1944
, and
after
the
war
moved
to
Mexico
City
.
Under
the
GI
Bill
,
Wertz
returned
to
school
to
obtain
a
second
master’s
degree
while
her
husband
studied
to be a
doctor
. Their
son
Jack
was
born
in
1948
. In
1954
the
family
settled
in
Detroit
,
Michigan
,
where
Wertz
became
an
active
volunteer
. She was
president
of the
Detroit
Council
of the
Parent
Teacher
Association
,
served
on the
board
of the
Detroit
Repertory
Theatre
, and also
volunteered
with the
Visiting
Nurses
Association
and the
Detroit
Receiving
Hospital
Service
League
. She
died
on
20
February
2007
.
Type
Image
Original format
photographs
Original publisher
[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified]
Contributing institution
Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries
Source collection
WV0523 Irma Jackson Cayton Wertz Papers, 1942-1945
Box
1
Folder
1: Photographs
Finding aid link
https://libapps.uncg.edu/archon/index.php?p=collections/controlcard&id=655
Rights statement
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Additional rights information
IN
COPYRIGHT
. This
item
is
subject
to
copyright
.
Contact
the
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above
for
permission
to
reuse
.
Object ID
WV0523.6.002
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
926116571
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