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Title
[Joe
O'Leary
and
soldier
in
Wilmington
,
North
Carolina
,
undated]
Date
Undated
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
Joe
O'Leary
and
soldier
in
Wilmington
,
North
Carolina
.
Veteran's name
Wilson, Doris Dickens Hoye
Veteran's biography
Doris
Dickens
Wilson
(b
.
1920)
of
North
Carolina
served
in the
WAAC
(Women’s
Auxiliary
Army
Corps)
and the
WAC
(Women’s
Army
Corps)
during
WWII
.
Wilson
earned
her
PhD
from the
University
of
North
Carolina
at
Greensboro
and was a
professor
of
family
relations
at
Bradley
University
for
twenty-one
years
.
Doris
Wilson
was
born
in
Smithfield
,
North
Carolina
, on
August
28
,
1920
. She
graduated
from
high
school
in
Burgaw
,
North
Carolina
, in
1937
, and for
eighteen
months
worked
jobs
through
the
National
Youth
Administration
. She then
attended
business
school
in
Wilmington
,
North
Carolina
, and
worked
at the
Cape
Fear
Hotel
.
After
the
attack
on
Pearl
Harbor
,
Wilson
began
volunteering
in the
message
center
of the
filter
center
in
Wilmington
.
Wilson
enlisted
in the
Women’s
Auxiliary
Army
Corps
(WAAC)
in
July
of
1942
, and was
inducted
at
Fort
Bragg
,
North
Carolina
, in
October
. She
completed
basic
training
at
Fort
Des
Moines
,
Iowa
, and
returned
to the
filter
center
in
Wilmington
,
where
she
trained
new
recruits
. She
completed
Officer
Candidate
School
at
Fort
Des
Moines
in
May
of
1943
,
reenlisted
in the
WAC
(Women's
Army
Corps)
and was
sent
to
Fort
Devens
,
Massachusetts
,
where
she
worked
in the
base
library
for
three
months
while
awaiting
assignment
.
Wilson
was then
stationed
at
Hamilton
Field
,
California
,
where
she
helped
start
a
passenger
station
for
shuttling
people
to the
base
. In the
spring
of
1944
she was
transferred
to the
Officer’s
Promotion
Unit
in
Washington
,
DC
. In
November
of
1944
, she
married
Stanford
Lee
Hoye
.
After
her
discharge
from the
WAC
in
1945
,
Wilson
moved
to
West
Frankfurt
,
Illinois
, with her
husband
. They
ran
an
appliance
store
there
before
moving
to
Anna
,
Illinois
.
After
their
divorce
,
Wilson
returned
to
school
and
earned
her
master’s
degree
from
Southern
Illinois
University
in
1960
. She
taught
at the
Illinois
State
Mental
Hospital
before
beginning
work
as a
professor
in
family
relations
at
Bradley
University
in
Illinois
.
Wilson
earned
her
Ph.D
. in
home
economics
from The
University
of
North
Carolina
at
Greensboro
in
1971
, and
returned
to
teaching
at
Bradley
. In
1982
she
retired
from
Bradley
after
twenty-one
years
and
began
part-time
work
as
curator
of the
Peoria
Historical
Museum
. In
1989
, she
moved
to
Halifax
,
North
Carolina
.
Place
Wilmington
(N.C)
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
WV0388 Doris Dickens Wilson Papers
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COPYRIGHT
. This
item
is
subject
to
copyright
.
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holder
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above
for
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to
reuse
.
Object ID
WV0388.6.007
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
900814149
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