Title	[WAC Company 6, 3rd Regiment, 1945]
Date	1945-08-15
Subject headings	World War, 1939-1945 United States--Armed Forces--African Americans United States. Army--Women
Era	World War II era (1940-1946)
Service branch	Army--WAC
Item description	African American Company 6 of WAC 3rd Regiment poses at the First WAC Training Center at Ft. Des Moines, Iowa on August 15, 1945. Commanding Officer is Lt. Thelma B. Brown, Second in Command is Lt. Verdi M. Hickambottom, and Lt. Margaret A. Curtis is Supply Officer.
Veteran's name	Stroud, Inez
Veteran's biography	Inez Naomi Stroud (1909-1994) of Wilmington, North Carolina, served in the Women's Army Corps and then the U.S. Army from 1943 to 1969 . Inez Namoi Stroud was born on 9 July 1909 in Wilmington, North Carolina. She was the third of nine children of the Rev. C.A. Stroud and Mrs. Beatrice Ford Stroud. Her father was a minister in the African Methodist Episcopal Church, and the family moved frequently. Stroud was a graduate of the Alice Freeman Palmer Memorial Institute in Sedalia, North Carolina. She also studied music and cosmetology." Stroud joined the Women's Army Corps (WAC) in 1943. She served at various installations in the United States and Europe over the course of her career in the army, including three tours in Germany. She frequently served as the organist for post chapels and was a saxophonist in the WAC band. Stroud was discharged in 1969 . Stroud lived in Washington, D.C., and Greensboro, North Carolina, after her military service. She continued her education at North Carolina A&T State University in Greensboro and continued to play music at the Bethel AME Church. Stroud died on 21 November 1994.
Place	Des Moines, Iowa
Type	image
Original format	photographs
Image type	Posed military unit
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	WV0009 Inez Stroud Papers
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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	WV0009.6.004
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	900810594

[WAC Company 6, 3rd Regiment, 1945]

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