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Title
[Josephine
Martin
Flynn
,
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--WAAC
Army--WAC
Item description
Portrait
of
WAC
Josephine
Martin
Flynn
,
circa
1944
. She
wears
her
winter
officer's
uniform
of a
olive
drab
jacket
and
light
drab
(pink)
shirt
. The
jacket
has
general
headquarters
service
forces
patch
.
Veteran's name
Flynn, Josephine Martin
Veteran's biography
Josephine
Martin
Flynn
(1919-2006)
of
Henderson
,
North
Carolina
, was
one
of the
first
officers
in the
Women’s
Army
Auxiliary
Corps
,
serving
in the
army
from
September
1942
to
August
1946
.
Josephine
Martin
Flynn
was
born
in
Henderson
,
North
Carolina
, on
18
February
1919
to
Eva
Waite
Martin
, a
music
teacher
, and
Joseph
Buie
Martin
. She
graduated
from
Henderson
High
School
and
attended
Peace
Junior
College
in
Raleigh
,
North
Carolina
, for
two
years
.
Flynn
transferred
to the
University
of
North
Carolina
at
Chapel
Hill
for her
last
two
years
and
graduated
in
1940
. She then
taught
school
for
two
years
.
In the
summer
of
1942
,
Flynn
applied
for the
Women’s
Army
Auxiliary
Corps
(WAAC)
Officer
Candidate
School
(OCS)
. In
September
1942
she
became
a
member
of the
second
class
at
Fort
Des
Moines
,
Iowa
. She
taught
supply
courses
at the
school
for
one
year
before
becoming
a
recruiter
in
Charlotte
,
North
Carolina
.
Flynn
also
taught
at
Fort
Oglethorpe
,
Georgia
, and
supervised
Women’s
Army
Corps
(WAC)
training
all
over
the
country
while
stationed
in the
Pentagon
. In
1944
Flynn
was
placed
in
charge
of
all
civilian
personnel
at
Camp
Beale
,
California
,
where
she
remained
until
her
discharge
on
13
August
1946
.
In the
fall
of
1946
Flynn
entered
the
University
of
North
Carolina
at
Chapel
Hill
on the
GI
Bill
and
completed
a
master’s
degree
in
personnel
. She
married
her
husband
in
1950
and they
moved
to
Greensboro
,
where
Josephine
Flynn
worked
in
non-academic
personnel
at the
University
of
North
Carolina
at
Greensboro
. She
became
the
executive
director
of the
Cancer
Society
and then
worked
in the
Child
Health
Program
of the
Health
Department
.
Josephine
Flynn
died
on
15
September
2006
.
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
WV0212 Josephine Martin Flynn Papers
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COPYRIGHT
. This
item
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to
copyright
.
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to
reuse
.
Object ID
WV0212.6.003
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
900811929
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