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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
Rights statement
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COPYRIGHT
. This
item
is
subject
to
copyright
.
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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
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