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Title
[Portrait
of
Bertha
Barwikowski
,
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
Army--AAF
Item description
Portrait
of
WAC
Bertha
Barwikowski
,
circa
1944
.
Veteran's name
Barwikowski, Bertha Bielen Sligh
Veteran's biography
Bertha
Barwikowski
(1923-2004)
of
Stamford
,
Connecticut
,
served
as a
teletype
operator
in the
Women’s
Army
Corps
(WAC)
from
1944
to
1945
.
Bertha
Bielen
Barwikowski
was
born
in
Stamford
,
Connecticut
, on
3
September
1923
to
first-
and
second-generation
Polish
immigrants
.
After
graduating
from
high
school
in
1941
, she
worked
for the
Pitney
Bowes
Postage
Meter
Company
.
Barwikowski
enlisted
in the
Women’s
Army
Corps
in
July
1944
and
attended
basic
training
at
Fort
Oglethorpe
,
Georgia
,
before
serving
as a
teletype
operator
with the
North
Atlantic
Division
Air
Transport
Command
at
Grenier
Field
near
Manchester
,
New
Hampshire
.
Barwikowski
married
her
first
husband
in
January
1945
and was
discharged
from the
army
in
May
1945
when
she
became
pregnant
. She and her
husband
moved
to
Orlando
,
Florida
, but were
divorced
five
years
later
.
When
her
second
marriage
ended
,
Bertha
Bielen
Barwikowski
found
work
as a
waitress
and then with the
United
States
Postal
Service
. She
remained
with the
postal
service
for
twenty-four
years
.
Barwikowski
passed
away
on
31
January
2004
.
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
WV0188 Bertha Barwikowski Papers
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COPYRIGHT
. This
item
is
subject
to
copyright
.
Contact
the
rights
holder
noted
above
for
permission
to
reuse
.
Object ID
WV0188.6.001
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
900812197
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