Geraldine Barry scrapbook, 1942-1979.

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Geraldine Barry scrapbook, 1942-1979.

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Scrapbook containing photos, military service orders, newspaper clippings, and other memorabilia documenting Barry's career as an officer in the Women's Army Corps from 1942 to 1961.

1 v.

Minnesota Historical Society, Division of Archives and Manuscripts

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SNAC Resource ID: 6708787

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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...

Barry, Geraldine Wallace, 1901-1980.

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Hulley, Geraldine Barry, 1901-1980.

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