Alex Bond Corder Papers 1927, 1937-1957,1986-2000

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Alex Bond Corder Papers 1927, 1937-1957,1986-2000

Newspaper clippings, photographs,certificates, and correspondence relate to Alex Bond Corder's childhood in Texas andarmy service in China. Also included are papers relating to his late wife Naomi andher naval service.

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United States. Naval Reserve. Women's Reserve

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The United States entered WWII in 1941 and soon faced a serious shortage of manpower in the military. Congress, along with public interest and advocacy from various national organizations, forced the Department of the Navy (over considerable internal resistance) to start accepting women into their service to augment the many thousands of men already active in the war effort. On June 24, 1942, Congress passed an act to create a women's reserve as a branch of the Naval reserve; to be governed by ...

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Corder, Alex Bond.

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Alex Bond Corder spent his childhood in Mercedes and Sinton, Texas, and spent his tour of duty in China while serving in the U.S. Army, 1946-1947. Corder married Naomi “Jo” Langenderfer, who served in the U.S. Navy WAVES, 1944-1946. From the guide to the Alex Bond Corder Papers 92-383; 2000-231; 2000-248; 2000-111; 2010-047. 35175065., 1927, 1937-1957, 1986-2000, (Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin) ...

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