Title	[Lucy Smith, circa 1944]
Date	1944
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	Formal portrait of Lucy Smith in WAC uniform, circa 1944.
Veteran's name	Smith, Lucy McDaniel
Veteran's biography	Lucy M. Smith of Dublin, Virginia, served in medical supply in the Women's Army Corps from 1943 to 1945 . Lucy M. Smith grew up in Dublin, Virginia, as the youngest of thirteen children. After graduating from high school, she went to work at the local Hercules powder plant, where she met Richard Smith. They married in October 1941. Richard Smith joined the Seabees in May 1942. Lucy Smith went with him to Mississippi and California until he shipped out to the Pacific Islands." In 1943, Smith joined the Women's Army Corps (WAC) and went to basic training at Fort Oglethorpe in Georgia. She was briefly assigned to Newport News, Virginia, and then to Kecoughtan, Virginia, to work in medical supply. When Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia, was completed, she was moved to the medical supply there. In December 1945, she was sent to Fort Dix, New Jersey, to be discharged." After the war, Smith and her husband lived in Virginia, Tennessee, West Virginia, and North Carolina, and had two children. She worked at a number of plants, including a nuclear plant in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
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	WV0081 Lucy Smith Papers
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Additional rights information	IN COPYRIGHT. This item is subject to copyright. Contact the rights holder noted above for permission to reuse.
Object ID	WV0081.6.001
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	900811119

[Lucy Smith, circa 1944]

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