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Title
[Evelyn
E
.
Horton
as
Lady
Liberty
,
1943]
Date
1943
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
Evelyn
E
.
Horton
,
dressed
as the
Statue
of
Liberty
,
performs
in a
play
in
1943
.
Other
actors
in
costume
share
the
stage
with her
during
a
musical
number
.
Veteran's name
Horton, Evelyn E.
Veteran's biography
Evelyn
E
.
Horton
of
Eastondale
,
Massachusetts
, was a
technician
third
grade
in the
Women's
Army
Corps
(WAC)
during
World
War
II
. She was
stationed
in
Cairo
,
Egypt
, with the
Middle
East
Service
Command
from
May
1944
through
1945
.
Evelyn
E
.
Horton
of
Eastondale
,
Massachusetts
,
joined
the
Women's
Army
Auxiliary
Corps
(WAAC)
in
July
1942
and
re-enlisted
in the
WAC
when
it
was
established
in
1943
. She was
stationed
at
Fort
Oglethorpe
,
Georgia
, then
transferred
to
Camp
Pickett
,
Virginia
. She was
sent
overseas
and
stationed
in
Cairo
,
Egypt
, with the
Middle
East
Service
Command
from
May
1944
through
1945
.
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
WV0381 Evelyn E. Horton Papers, 1925 - 1948
Collection summary
The
collection
consists
of
correspondence
,
military
papers
,
photographs
, and
writings
by
Evelyn
Horton
.
Most
of the
correspondence
is
written
by
Evelyn
to her
parents
back
home
in
Massachusetts
.
However
, there are a
few
letters
from
WAC
friends
and
one
letter
from her
brother
. The
photographs
include
pictures
from
before
Evelyn
joined
the
WAC
;
photographs
of her in
uniform
at
Camp
Pickett
,
Virginia
;
Evelyn
costumed
as "
Miss
Liberty
" for the
U.S
.
Army
musical
revue
Sandsations
of
1944
;
other
photographs
from her
military
days
; and of her
wedding
. The
writings
folder
contains
poems
written
by
Evelyn
and
accounts
of
some
of her
travels
while
she was
stationed
overseas
with the
military
.
Box
1
Folder
7: Photographs, 1925-1945, undated
Finding aid link
http://libapps.uncg.edu/archon/index.php?p=collections/controlcard&id=311
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
WV0381.6.003
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
900814182
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