Dorothy E. Wain Thompson Collection

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Who's responsible?: Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries (Repository)
How much has been digitized?: Only a part of this collection has been digitized.
Where can I find more information?: https://uncg.as.atlas-sys.com/repositories/2/resources/231
What's in the full collection?: photographs; ephemera; book; medals; newsletters; correspondence; official papers; materials about her husband Curtiss Thompson and her pre and post war life.
Full biography: Dorothy E. Wain Thompson (1912-1999) of Rowan County, North Carolina, served in the United States Women's Auxilary Army Corps (WAAC) and the Women's Army Corps (WAC) during World War II. Dorothy E. Wain Thompson of Granite Quarry, North Carolina, joined WAAC in January 1943. After basic training at Daytona Beach, Florida, Thompson was stationed at Camp Polk, Louisiana, and Fort Devens, Massachusetts, for administrative and overseas training. In July 1943 she arrived in England as member of the 76th Company, First WAAC Separate Battalion, the first WAAC contingent to be sent overseas. There, Thompson worked as a stenographer for the VIII Bomber Command until she was appointed personal secretary to General James H. (Jimmy) Doolittle." After the war, she married Curtis Thompson, and from 1961 to 1976 worked with the Office of Civil Defense in Dallas.
Topics: Women's History
Military
Branch of service: Army -- WAC
Conflict: World War II era (1940-1946)
Subject headings: World War, 1939-1945
United States. Army--Women
Contributing Institution: Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries

: Dorothy E. Wain Thompson sitting on a wall; Dorthy E. Wain Thompson sits on a brick wall, circa 1944. Wain is dressed in a Women's Army Corps (WAC) summer uniform and service cap.

: Dorothy E. Wain outside of the Mayfield; Dorthy E. Wain Thompson, in WAC summer service uniform, stands outside of The Mayfield, circa 1943. A note on the back of the photo reads,"I guess this looks natural, doesn't it?"

: Dorothy Wain Thompson in uniform riding a bike in Marlow, Buckinghamshire, England; Dorothy Wain Thompson in uniform riding a bike in Marlow, Buckinghamshire, England, circa 1944.

: Dorothy Wain Thompson with other military personnel; Dorothy Wain Thompson with other military personnel at the Marlow picnic in Buckinghamshire, England, circa 1944.

: Dorthy Wain in a field; Dorothy E. Wain Thompson stands in a field, probably at Fort Devens, Massachusetts, in 1943. She is wearing the WAAC enlisted winter service uniform and barracks cap and holding a cup and utensils. A flagpole and a group of seated servicemen can be seen in the background.

: Portrait of Dorthy E. Wain; Portrait of Dorothy E. Wain Thompson in the WAC enlisted winter service uniform and Hobby hat, circa 1943.

: Portrait of Dorthy E. Wain Thompson; Portrait of Pvt. Dorthy E. Wain Thompson taken while she was stationed in England in 1943. Thompson wears the WAC winter service uniform with the 8th Air Force patch on her shoulder.

: Souvenir photo from Jack Dempsey's Broadyway Bar and Cocktail Lounge; Dorothy Wain Thompson (center) with four other WACs (most likely also stationed at Fort Devens, Massachusetts) enjoy a weekend leave at Jack Dempsey's Broadway Bar and Cocktail Lounge in New York City in 1943.

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