Mary Margaret Salm papers, 1920-2004.

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Mary Margaret Salm papers, 1920-2004.

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Correspondence, clippings, photographs, printed materials, and other items of Mary Margaret Salm. The materials chiefly relate to Salm's service in the Women's Army Corps during World War II, to her numerous volunteer projects, and to her interest in family genealogy.

About 4200 items (8.0 linear ft.)

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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SNAC Resource ID: 7397195

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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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...

Salm, Mary Margaret, 1921-

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Mary Margaret Salm (1921- ) served in the Women's Army Corps during World War II. Salm's name when she served in the Army was Mary Margaret Schisler. From the guide to the Mary Margaret Salm Papers, 1920-2004, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.) Mary Margaret Salm (1921- )served in the Women's Army Corps during World War II. Salm's name when she served in the Army was Mary Margaret Schisler. From the description...