Title	[Miss Armed Forces contestants, 1966]
Date	1966
Subject headings	Vietnam War, 1961-1975 United States. Army--Women
Era	Vietnam Era (1964-1974)
Service branch	Army--WAC
Item description	Participants in the 1966 Miss Armed Forces Pageant, including winner Carol Alban Johnson (front row, center), pose for a group portrait.
Veteran's name	Johnson, Carol J. Alban
Veteran's biography	Carol A. Johnson (b. 1944) of Columbus, Ohio, served in the United States Women’s Army Corps from 1964 till 1968. She was stationed in the office of the secretary of the army during the Tet Offensive in Vietnam. Carol Alban Johnson was born in Columbus, Ohio, in 1944. She graduated from West High School and briefly attended Ohio State University before joining the the army in 1964." After completing basic training at Fort Rucker, Alabama, Johnson was sent to personnel training at Fort Dix, New Jersey, where she remained as a personnel specialist. In 1967 Johnson was selected to travel the country with an army informational team that provided staged recreations of the history of women in the military. Johnson then served as receptionist for Secretary of the Army Stanley Resor at the Pentagon . In 1968 Johnson left the military after meeting her husband. After being honorably discharged, Johnson pursued a community college education and part time employment.
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	WV0413 Carol Alban Johnson Papers
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Additional rights information	IN COPYRIGHT. This item is subject to copyright. Contact the rights holder noted above for permission to reuse.
Object ID	WV0413.6.009
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	900815179

[Miss Armed Forces contestants, 1966]

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