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Title	[Company 1, 3rd Regiment, 1st Wac Training Center, 1945]
Date	1945-05-22
Subject headings	World War, 1939-1945 United States. Army--Women
Era	World War II era (1940-1946)
Service branch	Army--WAC
Item description	A group photograph of Company 1 of the 3rd Regiment at the 1st WAC Training Center at Fort Des Moines, Iowa, taken 22 May 1945. All WAC personnel are wearing service dress uniforms with skirts and barracks caps. The male officer is wearing an army dress uniform with officer's cap." Identified officers of the unit are First Lieutenant Helen B. Meisner, commanding officer; Second Lieutenant Cora B. Zaser, executive officer; Second Lieutenant Ellen H. Thomsen, supply officer; and Second Lieutenant Helen V. Zeinenann, Recreation Officer.
Veteran's name	Sutton, Mary L.
Veteran's biography	Mary L. Sutton (1924- ) of Michigan served in the Women's Army Corps (WAC) during World War II . Mary L. Sutton was born in Bay City, Michigan, in May 1924. In spring of 1945, she joined the Women's Army Corps (WAC) and was sent to Fort Des Moines, Iowa, for training. She was later stationed at Pyote Air Force Base in Texas and Jefferson Barracks in Missouri.
Place	Fort Des Moines (Iowa)
Type	image
Original format	photographs
Image type	Posed military unit
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	WV0468 Mary L. Sutton Oral History
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	WV0468.6.004
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	900815223

[Company 1, 3rd Regiment, 1st Wac Training Center, 1945]

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