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[Women's Army Corps olive drab uniform, 1943]

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Title	[Women's Army Corps olive drab uniform, 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	Women's Army Corps olive drab enlisted winter uniform. Includes blouse with four gold buttons embossed with Great Seal of the United States, enlisted "U.S." disc on right collar, enlisted Pallas Athene disc on left collar, and two slit pockets, without shoulder straps. The diamond shape Discharge Patch (a.k.a."The Ruptured Duck" on the breast was issued to service personnel who were about to leave the military with an Honorable Discharge and allowed them to continue to wear their uniform for up to thirty days after they were discharged, since there was a clothing shortage at that time." The blue and white badge on the sleeve denotes 7th Service Command. The chevron striped badge denotes Technician Third Grade, a rank similar to staff sergeant but without the authority to give commands." Worn with khaki shirtwaist and tie. This uniform worn by Kathleen Bayne from 1943 to 1946.
Veteran's name	Bayne, Kathleen
Veteran's biography	Kathleen Bayne served in the Women's Army Corps from 1943 to 1946 .
Type	image
Original format	textiles
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	WV0110 Kathleen Bayne Papers
Rights statement	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Additional rights information	NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES. This item has been determined to be free of copyright restrictions in the United States. The user is responsible for determining actual copyright status for any reuse of the material.
Object ID	WV0110.8.002
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	900817353

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