[Ann Kaplowitz Goldberg, 1945]
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Title |
[Ann Kaplowitz Goldberg, 1945] |
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Date |
1945-10-06 |
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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 |
Ann Kaplowitz poses in front of her quarters in Asheville, North Carolina, in 1945. She wears the WAC off-duty olive-drab dress and garrison cap, and holds a cigarette. The front of the photo reads "To 'Cooky' Love 'Doggie." The back reads "in front of Khalamity Kottage, Asheville, N.C. My army home." |
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Veteran's name |
Goldberg, Ann Kaplowitz |
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Veteran's biography |
Ann Kaplowitz Goldberg (1924-2009) of Brooklyn, New York, worked in classified communications with the Women’s Army Corps from 1944 to 1946 .
Ann Kaplowitz Goldberg was born on 23 November 1924 in Brooklyn, New York, to Russian parents. She attended Thomas Jefferson High School in New York and worked as a secretary before joining the military." Goldberg enlisted in the Women’s Army Corps on 7 December 1944 and became part of the U.S. Army Air Force. After basic training at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, in early 1945, Goldberg served at Sheppard Field in Wichita Falls, Texas. Due to a broken arm, she was transferred from radio operator school to the Army Airways Communication System headquarters in Asheville, North Carolina. There, Goldberg worked with classified files in a secure room in city hall. Goldberg did similar work with the AACS (Army Airway Communications System) at Langley Field, Virginia, where she was transferred to in fall 1945. She was discharged on 21 February 1946 at Fort Dix, New Jersey, as a sergeant .
Ann Kaplowitz married Abe Goldberg after the war. They lived in Brooklyn, New York, California, Nevada, Maine, and Florida and had two sons. Goldberg continued to work, including as a secretary at Fieldston School in the Bronx. She died in Florida on 26 April, 2009. |
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Place |
Asheville (N.C.) |
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Type |
image |
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Original format |
photographs |
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Image type |
Full uniform |
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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 |
WV0142 Ann Kaplowitz Goldberg 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 |
WV0142.6.001 |
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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 |
900811599 |
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