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Title
[Mary
Williams
Elder
at
Military
Reservation
,
circa
1943]
Date
1943
Date approximate?
yes
Subject headings
World War, 1939-1945
United States. Army--Women
Era
World War II era (1940-1946)
Service branch
Army--WAC
Army--WAAC
Army--AAF
Item description
Mary
Williams
Elder
stands
before
a
building
labled
"
Military
Reservation/
Restricted
" by the
sign
in
front
,
probably
at
Daytona
Beach
,
Florida
,
during
basic
training
in
January
1943
. She
is
wearing
the
WAAC
summer
khaki
shirtwaist
,
tie
, and
skirt
with a
Hobby
hat
.
Veteran's name
Elder, Mary Frances Williams
Veteran's biography
Mary
Frances
Williams
Elder
(1919-1999)
of
Burlington
,
North
Carolina
,
served
in the
Women’s
Army
Auxiliary
Corps
(WAAC)
and the
Women’s
Army
Corps
(WAC)
from
1942
to
1945
, and was a
longtime
secretarial
worker
in the
local
textile
industry
.
Mary
Frances
Williams
Elder
(1919-1999)
was
born
on
14
November
1919
, in
Lexington
,
North
Carolina
, but her
family
moved
to
Bristol
,
Tennessee
,
during
the
Depression
. They
returned
to
North
Carolina
in the
mid-1930s
, and
moved
from
Shelby
to
Burlington
in
1937
. That
year
Elder
graduated
from
Burlington
High
School
and
enrolled
at the
Woman’s
College
of the
University
of
North
Carolina
(now
the
University
of
North
Carolina
at
Greensboro)
. She
completed
the
secretarial
program
the
following
year
, and
went
to
work
at
May
Hosiery
Mill
.
In
November
,
1942
,
Elder
was
inducted
into the
WAAC
at
Fort
Bragg
.
Two
months
later
she was
sent
to
Daytona
Beach
,
Florida
, for
basic
training
.
Elder
was
assigned
to the
1st
Separate
Battalion
and
stationed
briefly
at
Camp
Polk
in
Louisiana
. She then
transferred
to
Fort
Devens
,
Massachusetts
, for
overseas
training
and
preparation
. In
1943
, she
departed
from
Camp
Shanks
,
New
Jersey
,
aboard
the
Aquitania
and
sailed
to
Europe
. She
disembarked
in
Scotland
before
reaching
Norwich
,
England
,
where
she
served
as an
aide
to
Col
.
Charles
B
.
Westover
and
Gen
.
James
Pratt
Hodges
. She was then
quartered
at
Ketteringham
Hall
near
Hethel
Air
Force
Base
and
worked
for
Gen
.
Francis
Griswold
through
the
end
of
1944
. In
January
1945
,
Elder
returned
to the
United
States
for
Officer
Candidate
School
in
Des
Moines
,
Iowa
.
Following
her
completion
of
OCS
in
May
1945
,
Elder
was
assigned
to the
Pentagon
in the
Air
Intelligence
Division
. On
14
November
1945
she was
discharged
from the
army
.
In
1946
Mary
Elder
married
Delos
Elder
and
returned
to
Burlington
,
North
Carolina
,
where
she
enrolled
in
psychology
classes
at
Elon
College
on the
GI
Bill
.
Following
the
birth
of her
three
children
,
Elder
returned
to
work
at the
May
Hosiery
Mill
,
which
was then
owned
by
Burlington
Industries
.
Five
years
later
she
began
work
at
Wachovia
Bank
, but
left
shortly
thereafter
and
took
a
job
at
Glen
Raven
Mills
,
where
she
worked
for
many
years
and
helped
to
found
the
custom
fabrics
division
.
Elder
died
on
7
May
1999
.
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
WV0029 Mary Williams Elder Papers
Rights statement
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Additional rights information
IN
COPYRIGHT
. This
item
is
subject
to
copyright
.
Contact
the
rights
holder
noted
above
for
permission
to
reuse
.
Object ID
WV0029.6.002
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
900810458
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