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Title
[WAC
detatchment
at
Fort
Leavenworth
,
Kansas
,
circa
1960]
Date
1960
Date approximate?
yes
Subject headings
United States--History--1945-
United States. Army--Women
Era
Post World War II, Korea (1947-1963)
Service branch
Army--WAC
Item description
Group
portrait
of a
WAC
detatchment
at
Fort
Leavenworth
,
Kansas
,
circa
1960
. The
WACs
wear
the
green
cord
uniform
and
matching
garrison
cap
.
Ruth
V
.
Payne
Brown
is
seated
in the
front
row
,
fifth
from the
left
.
Veteran's name
Brown, Ruth Virginia Payne
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
.
Place
Fort
Leavenworth
(Tex.)
Type
image
Original format
photographs
Image type
Posed military unit
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
WV0193 Ruth Virginia Payne Brown Papers
Rights statement
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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
.
Object ID
WV0193.6.004
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
900811970
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