[Mattie Osborne Spicer, circa 1944]
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Title |
[Mattie Osborne Spicer, circa 1944] |
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Date |
1944 |
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Date approximate? |
yes |
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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 |
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Item description |
Portrait of Mattie Osborne Spicer in WAC uniform with garrison cap, circa 1944. |
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Veteran's name |
Spicer, Mattie Osborne |
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Veteran's biography |
Mattie O. Spicer (b. 1917) of Wilkes County, North Carolina, served in the Women's Army Corps from April 1943 to January 1946 .
Mattie Osbourne Spicer was born in Wilkes County, North Carolina, on her family's farm. She graduated from Elkin High School in 1938 when she was twenty-one. After graduating, she worked at Rose's dime store and then at Chatham Manufacturing Company .
In April 1943, Spicer joined the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps. She went to basic training at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, and then to Fort Wright on Fishers Island, New York, where she was in charge of the post office. Spicer was discharged in 1946. After the war she married and was active in the VFW Auxiliary .
Spicer returned home to take care of her sister and her sister's children. She married Tom Spicer in 1949. |
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Type |
image |
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Original format |
photographs |
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Image type |
Formal portrait |
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Original publisher |
[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified] |
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Contributing institution |
Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries |
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Source collection |
WV0107 Mattie Osborne Spicer Papers |
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Rights statement |
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ |
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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. |
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Object ID |
WV0107.6.001 |
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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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OCLC number |
900811780 |
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