[Two WACs play in sand, 1943]
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Title |
[Two WACs play in sand, 1943] |
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Date |
1943 |
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Subject headings |
World War, 1939-1945
United States. Army--Women |
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Era |
World War II era (1940-1946) |
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Service branch |
Army--WAC |
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Item description |
WACs Bernice Moran Miller and Elsie Ribiero play in the sand at Peterson Field, Colorado Springs, in 1943. Behind them, mattresses are draped over a wooden fence. |
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Veteran's name |
Miller, Bernice Moran |
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Veteran's biography |
Bernice Moran Miller, of Dunnstown, Pennsylvania, served in the Women's Army Corps from October 1942 to October 1945 .
Bernice Moran Miller was born and raised in Dunnstown, Pennsylvania. After graduating high school in 1927, she attended nearby Lock Haven Teachers College (now Lock Haven University) and graduated in 1931. She worked as a waitress for two years before securing a teaching position at a rural elementary school in Allenwood, Pennsylvania. She taught there for four years and then at a school in Montgomery, Pennsylvania, until enlisting in the the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps in October 1942 .
Miller attended basic training at Fort Des Moines, Iowa, and then went to photography school at Lowry Field in Denver, Colorado. She was then assigned to the 2nd Mapping Squadron at Felts Field, Washington, in spring 1943 and Miller remained there until early 1944, when she was transferred back to Lowry Feild. In July 1944, she was transferred to Wright-Patterson Field in Dayton, Ohio, where she analyzed photographs to identify German scientific and factory equipment. Miller was discharged on 17 October 1945 .
Bernice Miller married Herbert Miller in January 1944. She was a teacher until her retirement and has traveled to over 140 countries. |
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Place |
Colorado Springs (Colo.) |
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Type |
image |
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Original format |
photographs |
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Original publisher |
[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified] |
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Contributing institution |
Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries |
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Source collection |
WV0104 Bernice Moran Miller Papers |
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Rights statement |
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ |
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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. |
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Object ID |
WV0104.6.006 |
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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/ |
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OCLC number |
900811705 |
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