Ellen L. Scott Letters
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Title |
Ellen L. Scott Letters |
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Date |
Undated |
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Subject headings |
World War, 1939-1945
United States. Army--Women |
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Era |
World War II era (1940-1946) |
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Service branch |
Army--WAC
Army--WAAC |
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Item description |
Manuscript collection. Not yet digitized. |
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Veteran's name |
Scott, Ellen L. |
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Veteran's biography |
Ellen L. Scott of Johnson City, Tennessee served in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) and the Women's Army Corps (WAC) from 1943 until 1945 or 1946. She served as a corporal in the 148th WAAC Communications Company in Miami Beach, Florida. She applied for and was chosen for Officer Candidate School at Fort Des Moines, Iowa in the summer of 1943 and was commissioned as a 2nd lieutenant in Company 5, Regiment 1. In the autumn of 1943 Scott was assigned to the Columbus Army Airfield in Columbus, Mississippi. She later married and lived in Gadsden, Alabama. |
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Type |
Collection |
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Language |
en |
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Contributing institution |
Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries |
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Source collection |
WV0380 Ellen L. Scott Letters, 1943-1945 |
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Collection summary |
Collection consists of seven letters written to her parents in Johnson City, Tennessee. In the letters, Scott discusses military life at the various bases at which she was assigned as well as her job responsibilities. The last letter indicates that she had left the WAC and was living in Gadsden, Alabama with her husband Bill who was serving in the Army Air Force. |
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Finding aid link |
https://libapps.uncg.edu/archon/index.php?p=collections/controlcard&id=469 |
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Rights statement |
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/ |
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Additional rights information |
COPYRIGHT NOT EVALUATED. The copyright status of this item has not been fully evaluated and may vary for different parts of the item. The user is responsible for determining actual copyright status for any reuse of the material. |
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Object ID |
WV0380.0.000 |
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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/ |
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