Title	Ruth M. Strawn Papers
Date	1943-1945
Date approximate?	yes
Subject headings	World War, 1939-1945 United States. Army--Women
Era	World War II era (1940-1946)
Service branch	Army--WAC
Item description	Manuscript collection. Not digitized.
Veteran's name	Strawn, Ruth S.
Veteran's biography	Ruth Marlatt Strawn (1920-?), of California, enlisted in the Women's Army Corps (WAC) as an Aviation Cadet on 21 January 1943. In 1945, she was stationed at Camp Ross in Wilmington, California, until the end of the war.
Type	Collection
Language	en
Contributing institution	Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries
Source collection	WV0423 Ruth M. Strawn Papers, 1945-1946
Collection summary	This collection consists of eight personal letters from Strawn to Mrs. and/or Mr. Webster of West Covington, Kentucky, and one letter from Strawn's friend Lauretta to her parents . These letters talk about the active life she enjoyed with Lauretta and their fellow WACs off-duty. She also described the places she, Lauretta, and her parents travelled to, discussed her brief stay in the base hospital whlie undergoing surgery for a hernia, and lastly her excitement that the end of the war was announced.
Finding aid link	http://libapps.uncg.edu/archon/index.php?p=collections/findingaid&id=684&q=strawn
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Object ID	WV0423.0.000
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/

Ruth M. Strawn Papers

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