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Title
[Ruth
Shaver
and
Major
Fehr
in
Reims
,
1945]
Date
1945-04
Subject headings
World War, 1939-1945
United States. Army--Women
Era
World War II era (1940-1946)
Service branch
Army--WAAC
Army--WAC
Item description
Ruth
Shaver
and
Major
Fehr
stand
in
front
of a
jeep
in
Reims
,
France
, in
1945
.
Shaver
wears
the
WAC
olive
drab
service
uniform
. A
note
on the
back
of the
photo
reads"Major
Fehr
and
I
at
Reims
,
France
.
We
are not
facing
a
firing
squad
,
although
the
wall
behind
might
give
you
that
impression.
"
Veteran's name
Shaver, Ruth Agnes
Veteran's biography
Ruth
Shaver
(1900-1990)
served
as a
recruiter
in
Ohio
and an
intelligence
officer
in
Europe
as a
member
of the
WAC
and
WAAC
during
World
War
II
.
Ruth
Shaver
was
born
in
Ohio
in
1900
. She
attended
Muskingham
College
in
New
Concord
,
Ohio
, and
Winthrop
College
in
Rock
Hill
,
South
Carolina
,
before
being
employed
as a
School
of
Education
instructor
and
methods
supervisor
in the
Curry
Training
School
of the
Woman's
College
(now
The
University
of
North
Carolina
at
Greensboro)
in
1937
.
In
1943
Shaver
enrolled
in the
Woman's
Army
Auxiliary
Corps
(WAAC)
.
After
basic
training
at
Ft
.
Des
Moines
,
Iowa
, and
Officer
Candidate
School
,
Shaver
was
appointed
to
head
recruiting
for
both
the
WAAC
and
it's
successor
, the
Women's
Army
Corps
(WAC)
, for the
state
of
Ohio
, and also
served
as the
liaison
officer
to the
governor
. In
1944
,
Shaver
received
orders
overseas
to
join
the
Supreme
Headquarters
,
Allied
Expeditionary
Force
in the
Intelligence
Section
of
Psychological
Warfare
, and was also
appointed
commanding
officer
of a
company
of
WACs
going
overseas
. To
prepare
for her
work
in
intelligence
, she was
sent
to
British
Intelligence
School
,
where
she and
one
other
WAC
were the
first
two
women
to
ever
attend
that
school
.
Shaver
was then
sent
to
Paris
,
where
she
worked
as an
interpreter
and as an
interrogator
of
French
prisoners
of
war
and
deportees
. She was
later
transferred
to
Germany
,
where
her
duties
included
working
to
counteract
German
propaganda
. Her
last
position
in
Europe
was in
France
as
dean
of
women
and
teacher
of
French
at
Biarritz
American
University
. By this
time
she had been
promoted
to
captain
. For her
distinguished
service
during
the
war
, she was
awarded
the
American
Bronze
Star
and the
French
Croix
de
Guerre
.
After
the
war
,
Shaver
returned
to
Greensboro
and
Curry
School
. In
1950
she
moved
over
to
Woman's
College
, as
associate
professor
in the
Department
of
Romance
from
which
she
retired
in
1966
.
Shaver
died
on
27
January
1990
.
Place
Reims
(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
WV0226 Ruth Shaver Papers
Collection summary
Correspondence
,
interviews
and
news
releases
,
military
papers
,
publications
,
newspaper
clippings
,
poems
,
scrapbook
, and
photographs
.
Publications
:
WAAC/WAC/Army
Printed
Material
, ca.
1942-1945
:
pamphlet;155
WAC
Jobs
,
1943
;
pamphlet
;
Guide
for the
Operation
of
Block
Leader
Service
,
1943
;
pamphlet
;
Physical
Examinations
of
Personnel
of the
Women's
Army
Auxiliary
Corps
,
1943
;
pamphlet
;
Tentative
WAAC
Drill
Regulations
,
ca.1942-1943
;
pamphlet
;
Train
Regulations
, ca.
1942-1945
;
pamp
;
W.A.A.C
.
Recruiting
Training
Memorandum
, ca.
1942-1943
;
book
;
WAC
Songs
, ca.
1943-1945
; and
book
;
Women's
Army
Corps
Fact
Sheet
,
1943
.
WAAC/WAC/Army
Publications
, ca.
1942-1946
:
pamphlet
;
73
Questions
and
Answers
about
the
WAC
,
1943
;
pamphlet
;
90,000
More
WAAC
Recruits
,
1943
;
pamphlet
; A
Plan
for
Increasing
the
Rate
of
Enrollment
in the
Women's
Army
Auxiliary
Corps
,
1943
;
pamphlet
;
Graduation
Seventeenth
Officer
Candidate
Class
of the
Women's
Army
Auxiliary
Corps
,
1943
;
pamphlet
;
Summary
of
Organizational
and
Promotional
Work
Effected
for the
Women's
Army
Auxiliary
Corps
,
1943
;
newsletter
;
WAC
News
Letter
,
July
1943
; and
pamphlet
;
When
You
Are
Overseas
,
1943
.
Rights statement
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IN
COPYRIGHT
. This
item
is
subject
to
copyright
.
Contact
the
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holder
noted
above
for
permission
to
reuse
.
Object ID
WV0226.6.011
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
900812355
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