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Title
[WACs
beside
a
road
sign
for
Vittel
,
1945]
Date
1945
Subject headings
World War, 1939-1945
United States. Army--Women
Era
World War II era (1940-1946)
Service branch
Army--WAC
Army--AAF
Item description
Two
WACs
and a
soldier
pose
in
front
of a
roadside
sign
for
Vittel
,
France
, in
1945
. The
women
wear
the
olive
drab
battledress
"
Ike
"
jacket
.
Veteran's name
Hinchliffe, Nancy L. Riddle
Veteran's biography
Nancy
L
.
Riddle
Hinchliffe
(b
.
1916)
of
Graham
,
North
Carolina
, was a
teletype
operator
in the
Army
Air
Force
Signal
Corps
while
serving
stateside
and
overseas
in the
Women's
Army
Corps
from
1943
to
1945
.
Nancy
L
.
Riddle
Hinchliffe
was
born
in
Graham
,
North
Carolina
, on
26
September
1916
.
After
graduating
from
high
school
in
1935
, she
attended
beauty
school
in
High
Point
,
North
Carolina
.
Hinchliffe
enlisted
in
Women's
Army
Corps
(WAC)
in
January
1943
and
went
through
basic
training
at
Fort
Oglethorpe
in
Georgia
. She then
attended
the
army's
business
school
at
Nacogdoches
,
Texas
. She was then
assigned
to
Selfridge
Field
,
Michigan
, as a
teletype
operator
. She was
later
sent
to
code
and
cryptography
school
at
Mitchell
Field
,
Long
Island
,
where
she
became
a
member
of the
Army
Air
Force
Signal
Corps
.
Hinchliffe
was
later
transferred
to
Langley
Field
in
Virginia
,
where
she was
again
a
teletype
operator
.
In
May
1944
,
Hinchliffe
was
sent
to the
European
Theatre
of
Operation
. She
worked
as a
teletype
operator
in
Stanmore
,
outside
of
London
,
England
,
before
being
sent
briefly
to
Versailles
,
France
. She was then
stationed
in
Vittel
,
France
, from
October
1944
through
May
1945
.
While
in
Nice
,
France
, in
June
1945
,
Nancy
Hinchliffe
married
Roger
Hinchliffe
, a
technical
sergeant
from her
company
. Her
final
assignment
in
Europe
was in
Schwetzingen
,
near
Heidelberg
,
Germany
, and she was
discharged
in
September
of
1945.
"
After
the
war
,
Hinchliffe
settled
in
Greensboro
,
North
Carolina
, with her
husband
. She
worked
as a
beautician
while
raising
her
two
daughters
.
Place
Vittel
(France)
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
WV0064 Nancy Riddle Hinchliffe Papers
Rights statement
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COPYRIGHT
. This
item
is
subject
to
copyright
.
Contact
the
rights
holder
noted
above
for
permission
to
reuse
.
Object ID
WV0064.6.002
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
900811384
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