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Title	[Idelle Singletary with unidentified sailors]
Date	Undated
Subject headings	World War, 1939-1945 United States. Army--Women
Era	World War II era (1940-1946)
Service branch	Army--WAC
Item description	Idelle Singletary stands between two sailors from the United States Navy. Singletary wears a Red Cross summer uniform, with matching overseas cap. Her footwear is likely to be oxford working shoes.
Veteran's name	Meng, Idelle Singletary
Veteran's biography	Idele Singletary Meng (1895-1970)of Austin, Texas, served in the Women's Army Corps (WAC) during World War II . Idele Singletary Meng was born 9 March 1895 in Austin, Texas. She married William Meng, and in 1941 they moved to Carpinteria, California where they owned a ranch. Meng also wrote for a local newspaper, the <em>Santa Barbara News-Press</em>, as the "Carpinteria correspondent" On 14 March 1944, at the age of 49, she enlisted in the Women’s Army Corps (WAC) with duty in the Army Air Forces. She had hoped for an assignment in the South Pacific because she had lived for a time in Hawaii. Meng reported for training at the First WAC Training Center, Fort Des Moines, Iowa, where she completed the five week course of training. The Army transferred her to Pratt Army Air Field, Kansas with assignment to the 246th Army Air Force Base Unit on 25 May 1944. There she assumed duties as the base mail clerk. In addition to these duties, Meng wrote articles for the Pratt AAF newspaper, including the "WAC of the Week" column. Meng received a promotion to Private First Class effective 1 July 1944 and was subsequently promoted to Corporal. Later, she assumed duties as the Assistant Base Librarian. Meng left the service on 12 September 1945. Later, she moved to San Diego, California, where she died in August 1970, at the age of 70.
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	WV0436 Idelle Singletary Meng Scrapbook
Collection summary	Scrapbook contains newspaper and newsletter clippings, including "WAC of the Week" columns, military documents and handbooks, photographs, small banner, and ephemera.
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	WV0436.6.002
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	900815070

[Idelle Singletary with unidentified sailors]

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