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Title
[Elizabeth
Williams
hands
out
doughnuts
,
1943]
Date
1943
Subject headings
World War, 1939-1945
American Red Cross
Era
World War II era (1940-1946)
Service branch
Red Cross
Item description
Elizabeth
Williams
holds
a
doughnut
out
to the
hands
of
flyers
returning
from
bombing
runs
at an
American
Red
Cross
clubmobile
in
southern
Italy
in
1943
. The
photo
is
a
classic
depiction
of a
Red
Cross
"
Doughnut
Dolly.
"
Veteran's name
Williams, Elizabeth
Veteran's biography
Elizabeth
Williams
(1916-1999)
of
New
Bern
,
North
Carolina
,
served
primarily
overseas
as a
Red
Cross
club
director
from
1943
to
1952
, then had a
long
career
as a
teacher
in
New
Bern
.
Elizabeth
Williams
was
born
on
18
June
1916
in
New
Bern
,
North
Carolina
. She was
raised
in
New
Bern
and
attended
high
school
there. In
1933
she
enrolled
in the
Woman's
College
of the
University
of
North
Carolina
(now
the
University
of
North
Carolina
at
Greensboro)
and
graduated
in
1937
with a
major
in
social
studies
and a
minor
in
English
.
After
graduation
she
returned
to
New
Bern
. From
1937
to
1939
,
Williams
worked
as an
English
and
social
studies
teacher
in
Madison
,
North
Carolina
. In
1939
she
took
up
a
teaching
position
in
Sumner
,
North
Carolina
.
Williams
joined
the
Red
Cross
in
1943
after
difficulties
in
joining
the
U.S
.
Navy
WAVES
(Women
Accepted
for
Volunteer
Emergency
Service)
. She
took
training
courses
in
Washington
,
D.C.
, and was
assigned
clubmobile
duty
. In
1943
she was
sent
to
Bayview
,
Maryland
,
followed
by
Midston
House
,
New
York
, and
Camp
Patrick
Henry
in
Portsmouth
,
Virginia
. That
same
year
she was
sent
on the
SS
Mariposa
to
North
Africa
.
Williams
was
stationed
in
Morocco
at a
club
for the
First
Armored
Division
. She was then
sent
to the
Red
Cross
headquarters
for the
Twelfth
Air
Force
in
Algiers
,
Algeria
,
followed
by
Hamamet
,
Tunisia
. From
Christmas
1943
to
April
1945
she was
stationed
in
Manduria
,
Italy
, in a
combat
area
. She
spent
the
summer
of
1945
at
home
in
New
Bern
and in
Washington
,
D.C
.
When
she
returned
to the
Red
Cross
,
Williams
was
sent
to
Calcutta
,
India
, and
flown
out
to
Kunming
,
China
. She was also
stationed
in
Yangkai
and
Tientsin
,
China
. In
1946
she was
transferred
to
Yokohama
,
Japan
.
Williams
returned
to the
States
in
1948
and
worked
with the
Junior
Red
Cross
until
1952
.
After
retiring
from the
Red
Cross
in
1952
,
Williams
taught
school
in
Atlantic
,
North
Carolina
. She
later
taught
at
New
Bern
High
School
for
twenty
years
.
Elizabeth
Williams
died
on
5
September
1999
.
Place
Italy
Type
image
Original format
photographs
Image type
Work 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
WV0058 Elizabeth Williams Papers
Rights statement
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COPYRIGHT
. This
item
is
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to
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.
Contact
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to
reuse
.
Object ID
WV0058.6.001
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
900810883
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