Marguerite T. Leroux Papers 1821-1911, 1944-1949

United States. Army. Women's Army Corps

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The Women's Army Corps (WAC) was the women's branch of the US Army. It was created as an auxiliary unit, the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps in 1942, and converted to full status as the WAC in 1943. Its first director was Oveta Culp Hobby, the wife of a prominent politician and publisher in Houston, Texas. About 150,000 American women served in the WAAC and WAC during World War II. They were the first women other than nurses to serve with the Army. While conservative opinion in the leadership of...

Moench family.

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Leroux, Marguerite T., 1898-1991

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A longtime resident of San Antonio, Texas, Marguerite Theresa Leroux (1898-1991) served in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps in World War II. Her Brock family ancestors came from Germany to Texas during the Republic period and settled in Galveston. Leroux was a member of the Alamo Mission Chapter, Daughters of the Republic of Texas. From the guide to the Marguerite T. Leroux Papers Col 2325., 1821-1911, 1944-1949, (Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library at the Alamo, San Antonio, ...

Leroux family.

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Brock family.

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Brock, Johann George, 1794-1861

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