Edith M. Loughlin Carter collection, 1942-1992.

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Edith M. Loughlin Carter collection, 1942-1992.

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Correspondence, photographs and newsclippings about Loughlin and the WAAC's (WAC's), forms and printed material, oral history interviews, military uniforms, and personal effects. The correspondence from Loughlin to her parents discusses her experiences aboard ship and describes various ports visited, including a visit to Utah Beach one year after D-Day. Printed material includes form letters from Mera Galloway, WAC Staff Director; recruitment and induction material; pay and clothing records; foreign language guides; physical training manuals; graduation programs; WAAC and WAC songbooks; and a copy of the WAC Newsletter.

4 linear ft.

Texas Woman's University Library, Mary Evelyn Blagg-Huey Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7042641

Texas Woman's University Library, Mary Evelyn Blagg-Huey Library

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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...

Carter, Edith M. Loughlin.

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Member of one of the first WAAC (Women's Army Auxiliary Corps) companies; rose to rank of captain in the WAC's (Women's Army Corps). After serving as quartermaster in New York for one year, Loughlin served as reconditioning officer aboard the USAHS Blanche F. Sigman, a transport ship ferrying released American POW's home from Europe. From the description of Edith M. Loughlin Carter collection, 1942-1992. (Texas Woman's University Library). WorldCat record id: 22394052 ...

United States. Army. Women's Army Auxiliary Corps

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USAHS Blanche F. Sigman (Ship) Archives.

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