[WACs around globe, 1967]
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Title |
[WACs around globe, 1967] |
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Date |
1967 |
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Subject headings |
Vietnam War, 1961-1975
United States. Army--Women |
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Era |
Vietnam Era (1964-1974) |
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Service branch |
Army--WAC |
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Item description |
Five WACs--(l to r:) Pat Rice, Linda Gundy, WAC Director Colonel Mildred Bailey, Carol Alban Johnson, and Barb DePue--stand around a large globe in a promotional photo for the Star Spangled Pageant in 1967. The women all wear the WAC olive green service uniform. |
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Veteran's name |
Johnson, Carol J. Alban |
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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. |
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image |
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Original format |
photographs |
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Original publisher |
[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified] |
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Contributing institution |
Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries |
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Source collection |
WV0413 Carol Alban Johnson Papers |
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Rights statement |
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ |
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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. |
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Object ID |
WV0413.6.011 |
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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/ |
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OCLC number |
900815261 |
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