Title	[Dorthy Wain in a field, 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	Dorothy E. Wain Thompson stands in a field, probably at Fort Devens, Massachusetts, in 1943. She is wearing the WAAC enlisted winter service uniform and barracks cap and holding a cup and utensils. A flagpole and a group of seated servicemen can be seen in the background.
Veteran's name	Thompson, Dorothy E. Wain
Veteran's biography	Dorothy E. Wain Thompson (1912-1999) of Rowan County, North Carolina, served in the WAAC and WAC during World War II . Dorothy E. Wain Thompson of Granite Quarry, North Carolina, joined WAAC in January 1943. After basic training at Daytona Beach, Florida, Thompson was stationed at Camp Polk, Louisiana, and Fort Devens, Massachusetts, for administrative and overseas training. In July 1943 she arrived in England as member of the 76th Company, First WAAC Separate Battalion, the first WAAC contingent to be sent overseas. There, Thompson worked as a stenographer for the VIII Bomber Command until she was appointed personal secretary to General James H. (Jimmy) Doolittle." After the war, she married Curtis Thompson, and from 1961 to 1976 worked with the Office of Civil Defense in Dallas.
Type	image
Original format	photographs
Image type	Full uniform
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	WV0431 Dorothy E. Wain Thompson Papers
Collection summary	Photographs, ephemera, book, medals, newsletters, correspondence, official papers, materials about her husband Curtiss Thompson and her pre and post war life.
Finding aid link	http://libapps.uncg.edu/archon/?p=collections/controlcard&id=790
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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	WV0431.6.002
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	900815161

[Dorthy Wain in a field, 1943]

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