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Title
[Portrait
of
Dorothy
Jordan
,
circa
1945]
Date
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
Portrait
of
Dorothy
Jordan
in
uniform
with
Hobby
hat
,
circa
1945
.
Veteran's name
Jordan, Dorothy H.
Veteran's biography
Dorothy
H
.
Jordan
, of the
Bronx
,
New
York
,
served
in the
Women's
Army
Corps
from
January
1944
through
World
War
II
.
Dorothy
H
.
Jordan
grew
up
in the
Bronx
,
New
York
, and
graduated
from
George
Washington
High
School
in
1941
.
After
graduation
, she
worked
at a
bank
and a
grocery
store
and then
became
a
playground
director.
"
Jordan
joined
the
Women's
Army
Corps
in
January
1944
. Her
basic
training
was at
Fort
Oglethorpe
,
Georgia
,
where
she was
assigned
to
Cooks
and
Bakers
School
before
being
re-assigned
to the
WAC
Military
Police
(MP)
.
Jordan
stayed
at
Fort
Oglethorpe
until
the
WAC
MPs
were
disbanded
in
1945
. She was
sent
to
Fort
Des
Moines
,
Iowa
, for
reassignment
, and then
went
to
Percy
Jones
General
Hospital
in
Battle
Creek
,
Michigan
. There
Jordan
was an
MP
and then the
Permanent
CQ
(Charge
of
Quarters)
,
meaning
that she
only
patrolled
the
barracks
.
After
the
war
,
Jordan
went
home
on
furlough
due
to
illness
, and then
left
the
WAC
not
long
after
returning
to
duty
.
Jordan
spent
a
year
as a
patient
in
Kingsbridge
Veterans
Hospital
, the
Bronx
,
New
York
,
suffering
from a
skin
condition
and
arsenic
poisoning
. She
worked
very
little
after
she was
released
,
having
been
deemed
100
percent
disabled
.
Type
image
Original format
photographs
Image type
Formal portrait
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
WV0073 Dorothy H. Jordan Papers
Rights statement
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IN
COPYRIGHT
. This
item
is
subject
to
copyright
.
Contact
the
rights
holder
noted
above
for
permission
to
reuse
.
Object ID
WV0073.6.019
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
900811225
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