Lola Chaconas papers
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Title |
Lola Chaconas papers |
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Date |
1942-1944 |
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Subject headings |
World War, 1939-1945
United States. Army--Women |
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Era |
World War II era (1940-1946) |
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Service branch |
Army--WAC
Army--WAAC |
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Item description |
Manuscript collection. Not yet digitized. |
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Veteran's name |
Chaconas, Lola |
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Veteran's biography |
Lola V. Forbes Chaconas (b. 1920) served in the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) and Women's Army Corps (WAC) from 1942 to 1944 .
Lola Virginia Forbes Chaconas was inducted into the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps on Christmas Eve, 1942, in Richmond Virginia. Pvt. Forbes worked as a duplicating machine operator and was stationed at Ft. Bliss, Texas when she was honorably discharged in May of 1944. |
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Type |
Collection |
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Language |
en |
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Contributing institution |
Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries |
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Source collection |
WV0255 Lola Chaconas Papers |
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Collection summary |
Honorable Discharge (facsimile), 1944; Obituary, ca. 1988; Veterans Administration ID card, n.d.; Photograph (copy), ca. 1942-1944; Khaki Uniform jacket and skirt, ca. 1942-1944; Overseas Cap, ca. 1944; WAC Ribbon, ca. 1944. |
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Rights statement |
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/ |
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Additional rights information |
COPYRIGHT NOT EVALUATED. The copyright status of this item has not been fully evaluated and may vary for different parts of the item. The user is responsible for determining actual copyright status for any reuse of the material. |
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Object ID |
WV0255.0.000 |
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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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