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Title
[Norma
Petree
Shaver
in
ruins
in
Manila
,
Philippines
,
1945]
Date
1945
Subject headings
World War, 1939-1945
United States. Army--Women
Era
World War II era (1940-1946)
Service branch
Army--WAC
Item description
Norma
Petree
Shaver
,
wearing
the
WAC
summer
work
uniform
,
stands
among
the
ruins
of a
building
in
Manila
,
Philippines
, in
1945
.
Veteran's name
Shaver, Norma Mildred Petree
Veteran's biography
Norma
Mildred
Petree
Shaver
(1921-2002)
served
in the
Women’s
Army
Corps
(WAC)
from
1943
to
1945
.
Norma
Petree
Shaver
was
born
on
13
July
1921
in
Forsyth
County
,
North
Carolina
. She
graduated
from
Old
Town
High
School
in
1938
,
took
a
business
course
at
Salem
College
, and then
went
to
work
at the
Hanes
Knitting
Company
as a
cost
accountant
.
Shaver
joined
the
Women’s
Army
Corps
(WAC)
in
October
1943
. She was
sworn
in at a
ceremony
in
Raleigh
,
North
Carolina
,
which
was
held
for
promotional
purposes
, and then
boarded
a
train
for
Fort
Oglethorpe
,
Georgia
,
where
she
completed
basic
training
.
Shaver
was then
stationed
at
Camp
Upton
in
Long
Island
,
New
York
for
about
six
months
,
where
she
worked
in the
motor
pool
before
being
transferred
to the
finance
office
.
Shaver
returned
to
Fort
Oglethorpe
for
overseas
training
and
departed
California
bound
for
Brisbane
,
Australia
,
aboard
the
SS
Lurline
in
August
1944
. In
Australia
she
worked
in the
office
of the
adjutant
general’s
researching
the
status
of
servicemen
upon
request
of their
families
.
After
a
few
months
Shaver
was
sent
briefly
to
Hollandia
,
New
Guinea
, and then
moved
on to
Tacloban
,
Philippines
in
early
1945
. In
March
of
1945
she was
transferred
to
Manila
,
where
she
remained
until
November
1945
when
she
returned
stateside
and was
discharged
.
Shaver
returned
to
Hanes
and
worked
there for
another
twelve
years
. She also
earned
her
commercial
pilot
license
. She
married
Ray
Shaver
in
1950
and in
1967
the
family
settled
in the
coastal
area
of
North
Carolina
.
Norma
Shaver
passed
away
on
26
January
2002
.
Place
Manila
(Philippines)
Type
image
Original format
photographs
Image type
Full uniform
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
WV0217 Norma Petree Shaver Papers
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.
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.
Object ID
WV0217.6.001
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
900812313
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