[WACs in uniform in Vietnam, circa 1968]
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Title |
[WACs in uniform in Vietnam, circa 1968] |
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Date |
1968 |
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Date approximate? |
yes |
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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
Army--Army National Guard Active |
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Item description |
Vicki Lapinski (left) and an unidentified WAC pose together in green cord uniforms at a facility in Vietnam, circa 1968. Lapinski wears the U.S. Army Vietnam Patch above her name tape. |
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Veteran's name |
Wilson, Lee |
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Veteran's biography |
Lee Wilson (b. 1947) served in the Women's Army Corps from 1966 to 1969 and the Army National Guard from 1979 to 1984 .
Lee Wilson was born in Las Vegas, Nevada, in January 1947. She joined the Army in 1966 in Belmont, California and was stationed at Fort McClellan, AL, and Fort Jackson, SC, before being sent to Vietnam in January 1968. She served at Long Bihn until May of 1969 and discharged from Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, shortly thereafter. Wilson continued to serve in the Army National Guard from 1979 to 1984. |
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Place |
Vietnam |
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Type |
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 |
WV0449 Lee Wilson 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 |
WV0449.6.014 |
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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 |
900815019 |
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