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Title
[Ann
Fisher
on
War
College
graduation
day
,
1973]
Date
1973
Subject headings
Vietnam War, 1961-1975
United States. Army--Women
Era
Vietnam Era (1964-1974)
Service branch
Army--WAC
Army
Item description
Audrey
Ann
Fisher
(left)
and a
fellow
female
soldier
stand
beside
a
civilian
on
graduation
day
at the
U.S
.
Army
War
College
in
Carlisle
,
Pennsylvania
, in
1973
.
Fisher
was the
fifth
active
duty
female
to
graduate
from the
school
.
Veteran's name
Fisher, Audrey Ann
Veteran's biography
Audrey
Ann
Fisher
of
Portland
,
Oregon
, and
Spokane
,
Washington
,
served
in the
Women’s
Army
Corps
(WAC)
and the
U.S
.
Army
from
1949
to
1976
.
Audrey
Ann
Fisher
was
born
in
1926
and
grew
up
in
Portland
,
Oregon
, and
Spokane
,
Washington
. She
graduated
from
high
school
in
1943
and
spent
five
and a
half
years
working
for
Pacific
Telephone
and
Telegraph
Company
.
In
February
1949
,
Fisher
enlisted
in the
Women’s
Army
Corps
(WAC)
for a
three-year
tour
of
duty
. She
completed
basic
training
and
clerk
typist
school
at
Fort
Lee
,
Virginia
, and then
became
an
instructor
there. She was
briefly
relocated
to
Camp
Breckinridge
,
Kentucky
, with the
clerk
typist
school
, but was then
assigned
to
recruiting
in
Pennsylvania.
"
Fisher
attended
Officer
Candidate
School
in
1952
and was then
sent
to
Camp
Stoneman
,
California
,
until
it
was
closed
, at
which
point
she was
given
command
of a
WAC
detachment
at
Oakland
Army
Base
,
California
. In
1954
,
Fisher
became
platoon
officer
of a
basic
training
company
at the
WAC
Training
Center
at
Fort
McClellan
,
Alabama
. She then
worked
in the
adjutant
general’s
office
at
Fort
Benning
,
Georgia
.
When
her
half-sister
died
unexpectedly
,
Fisher
received
a
compassionate
transfer
to
Fort
Lawton
,
Washington
,
where
she
supervised
the
officers’
club.
"
After
a
year
and a
half
at
Fort
Lawton
,
Fisher
volunteered
for
overseas
duty
and was
stationed
in
Yongsan
,
Korea
, for
about
fifteen
months
doing
administrative
work
at the
Seoul
Area
Command
. In
1961
, she
returned
to the
United
States
and
went
to
Fort
Jackson
,
South
Carolina
, as
commanding
officer
of
WAC
Company
C
. Then in
1963
,
after
a
six-month
career
course
at
McClellan
Air
Force
Base
, she
went
to
Fort
Riley
,
Kansas
, to
work
in
personnel
.
Fisher
had
taken
college
courses
whenever
possible
during
her
military
career
, and from the
fall
of
1964
until
1965
,
Fisher
finished
her
bachelor’s
degree
in
history
at
Park
College
in
Missouri
.
Fisher
was
next
briefly
assigned
to the
adjutant
general’s
office
in
San
Antonio
,
Texas
, but in
1966
volunteered
for and was
sent
to
Vietnam
. She
returned
after
one
year
in
Southeast
Asia
to
Fort
Leavenworth
,
Kansas
, for
more
training
. In
May
1967
, she was
assigned
to the
Office
of the
Deputy
Chief
of
Staff
for
Personnel
at the
Pentagon
.
Fisher
returned
to the
WAC
training
battalion
at
Fort
McClellan
in
1970
and then
attended
the
U.S
.
Army
War
College
in
Carlisle
,
Pennsylvania
. She
retired
from
Training
and
Doctrine
Command
at
Fort
Monroe
,
Virginia
, in
1976.
"
Fisher
lived
with a
friend
, in
Virginia
and in
Cincinnati
,
Ohio
,
until
they
moved
to
Hendersonville
,
North
Carolina
, in the
mid-1990s
.
Place
Carlisle
(Penn.)
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
WV0153 Audrey Ann Fisher Papers
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Object ID
WV0153.6.002
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
900811730
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