[WACs shopping at PX, circa 1960]
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Title |
[WACs shopping at PX, circa 1960] |
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Date |
1960 |
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Date approximate? |
yes |
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Subject headings |
United States--History--1945-
United States. Army--Women |
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Era |
Post World War II, Korea (1947-1963) |
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Service branch |
Army--WAC |
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Item description |
Ruth V. Payne Brown and a fellow WAC pose for a public relations photo while looking at a bathing suit in the post exchange (PX), circa 1960. The women wear the WAC green cord uniform and matching garrison cap. |
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Veteran's name |
Brown, Ruth Virginia Payne |
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Veteran's biography |
Ruth Brown of Jasonville, Indiana, served in the Women’s Army Corps (WAC) from 1953 to 1955 and 1960 to 1963 .
Ruth Brown was born in Robinson, Illinois, and raised in Jasonville, Indiana. After graduation from high school in 1953, Brown enlisted in the Women’s Army Corps (WAC) and reported for basic training at Fort Lee, Virginia. She was assigned to Fort Sam Houston, Texas, for training and then sent to Fort Benning, Georgia, for additional medical technician training. She was then stationed at Letterman Army Medical Center in Presidio, California. In December of 1955, she was discharged from the WAC when she became pregnant .
After divorcing her husband, Brown reenlisted in the WAC in 1960. She was stationed at Munson Army Medical Center at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, and then sent to the 97th General Hospital in Frankfurt, Germany, in 1961. She married a soldier who was a former patient in September of 1962 and both were discharged in June 1963. The couple settled in North Carolina after leaving the military. |
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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 |
WV0193 Ruth Virginia Payne Brown 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. Probably an official U.S. Army photo. |
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Object ID |
WV0193.6.003 |
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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 |
900812079 |
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