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Title
[Ann
Kaplowitz
Goldberg
with
mop
,
1945]
Date
1945-08-03
Subject headings
World War, 1939-1945
United States. Army--Women
Era
World War II era (1940-1946)
Service branch
Army--WAC
Item description
Ann
Kaplowitz
Goldberg
leans
against
a
mop
on the
porch
of
Barracks
12
at
Fort
Oglethorpe
,
Georgia
, in
March
1945
,
wearing
her
work
uniform
and
Daisy
Mae
fatigue
cap
. The
back
of the
photo
reads
, "
Don't
I
look
like
an
eager
beaver?
"
Veteran's name
Goldberg, Ann Kaplowitz
Veteran's biography
Ann
Kaplowitz
Goldberg
(1924-2009)
of
Brooklyn
,
New
York
,
worked
in
classified
communications
with the
Women’s
Army
Corps
from
1944
to
1946
.
Ann
Kaplowitz
Goldberg
was
born
on
23
November
1924
in
Brooklyn
,
New
York
, to
Russian
parents
. She
attended
Thomas
Jefferson
High
School
in
New
York
and
worked
as a
secretary
before
joining
the
military.
"
Goldberg
enlisted
in the
Women’s
Army
Corps
on
7
December
1944
and
became
part
of the
U.S
.
Army
Air
Force
.
After
basic
training
at
Fort
Oglethorpe
,
Georgia
, in
early
1945
,
Goldberg
served
at
Sheppard
Field
in
Wichita
Falls
,
Texas
.
Due
to a
broken
arm
, she was
transferred
from
radio
operator
school
to the
Army
Airways
Communication
System
headquarters
in
Asheville
,
North
Carolina
. There,
Goldberg
worked
with
classified
files
in a
secure
room
in
city
hall
.
Goldberg
did
similar
work
with the
AACS
(Army
Airway
Communications
System)
at
Langley
Field
,
Virginia
,
where
she was
transferred
to in
fall
1945
. She was
discharged
on
21
February
1946
at
Fort
Dix
,
New
Jersey
, as a
sergeant
.
Ann
Kaplowitz
married
Abe
Goldberg
after
the
war
. They
lived
in
Brooklyn
,
New
York
,
California
,
Nevada
,
Maine
, and
Florida
and had
two
sons
.
Goldberg
continued
to
work
,
including
as a
secretary
at
Fieldston
School
in the
Bronx
. She
died
in
Florida
on
26
April
,
2009
.
Place
Fort
Oglethorpe
(Ga.)
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
WV0142 Ann Kaplowitz Goldberg Papers
Rights statement
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COPYRIGHT
. This
item
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to
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.
Contact
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to
reuse
.
Object ID
WV0142.6.004
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
900811663
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