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Title	[WACs at gas mask drill on Daytona Beach, circa 1943]
Date	1943
Subject headings	World War, 1939-1945 United States. Army--Women
Era	World War II era (1940-1946)
Service branch	Army--WAC
Item description	WACs in overcoats and gas masks prepare for a drill on the beach in front of the Clarendon Hotel at Daytona Beach, Florida, in early 1943. A tent is set up in the sand in the background.
Veteran's name	Heyer, Anne Elizabeth
Veteran's biography	Anne Elisabeth Heyer (b. 1918) of Denver, Colorado, was a photographic repair technician in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) and the Women's Army Corps (WAC) during World War II . Anne Elisabeth Betty Heyer was born in Denver, Colorado on 7 October 1918, and grew up in Los Angeles, California, where she graduated from Hollywood High School in 1936. Heyer had an older brother, Vernon, and a younger sister, Harriette. Before joining the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) in November of 1942, Heyer worked at Sears Roebuck . Heyer served as a sergeant in the WAAC and Women's Army Corps (WAC) until she was discharged in November 1945. She attended basic training at Daytona Beach, and also trained at Fort Des Moines, Iowa, and Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia. In addition, Heyer graduated from Photography School at Lowry Field in Colorado in 1943, where she trained to be a photographic repair technician. In late 1943 or early 1944, she was sent to MacDill Air Base in Tampa, Florida, as a member of the 3rd Photographic Mapping squadron. Heyer served for roughly one year, beginning in November 1944, in New Guinea and the Philippines. During this time she received several decorations, including the Good Conduct Medal, the Women's Army Corps Service Medal, the Asian Pacific Campaign Medal, the World War II Victory Medal, the Philippine Liberation Medal, and the Presidential Unit Citation . After her discharge in 1945 Heyer attended North Hollywood Night School, Sawyer's Business School, Pasadena City College, and Marymount College. Heyer had a variety of jobs after leaving the army, including working as an editor and manager of technical publications at Garrett Air Turbine from 1967 to 1983.
Place	Daytona Beach (Fla.)
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	WV0320 Anne Elisabeth Heyer Papers, 1942-1946 and undated
Collection summary	Correspondence, military material, photographs, military insignia, and other artifacts document Anne Elisabeth "Betty" Heyer's service in the WAAC and WAC between 1942 and 1945. Lengthy letters to family members describe her training in the United States and her subsequent service in the Pacific Theater as a photography repair technician. Overseas letters document her observations of New Guinea, the Philippines, and Corregidor. Printed military material reflects Heyer's professional interest in photography and the collection contains publications specifically regarding military photography. Heyer's diplomas are included in her personal papers. More than 500 photographs, largley unidentified, document recreation and work-related activities in the military. Aerial photographs show the destruction in New Guinea and the Philippines and also contain pictures of native villages. Scrapbook material consists primarily of unidentified photographs. Printed material includes newspapers that Heyer saved, such as the newspaper; The Denver Post from 7 December 1941. Other publications, such as newspaper; The Shutter and newspaper; The Mad Mapper, relate to military photography. Other publications, including newspaper; WAC and Wings, document the WAC experience. An army songbook and a WAAC songbook are also included.
Series/grouping	3: Photographs, circa 1940-1949 and undated
Box	3-5
Folder	28-87
Finding aid link	http://libapps.uncg.edu/archon/index.php?p=collections/controlcard&id=466
Rights statement	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Additional rights information	IN COPYRIGHT. This item is subject to copyright. Contact the rights holder noted above for permission to reuse.
Object ID	WV0320.6.022
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	900813847

[WACs at gas mask drill on Daytona Beach, circa 1943]

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