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Title	[Ann Kaplowitz Goldberg and WAC friend, 1945]
Date	1945-03-08
Subject headings	World War, 1939-1945 United States. Army--Women
Era	World War II era (1940-1946)
Service branch	Army--WAC
Item description	Ann Kaplowitz Goldberg (on left) and a fellow WAC (Dinny?) pose on the steps of Barrack 12 at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, in 1945. Both women wear the WAC olive-drab wool double breasted overcoat and matching garrison cap. The back of the photo reads, "Aren't we pretty? Don't answer that!"
Veteran's name	Goldberg, Ann Kaplowitz
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.
Place	Fort Oglethorpe (Ga.)
Type	image
Original format	photographs
Image type	Full uniform
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	WV0142 Ann Kaplowitz Goldberg Papers
Rights statement	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Additional rights information	IN COPYRIGHT. This item is subject to copyright. Contact the rights holder noted above for permission to reuse.
Object ID	WV0142.6.002
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	900811664

[Ann Kaplowitz Goldberg and WAC friend, 1945]

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