Raymond A. Oliver papers, 1918-1957.

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Raymond A. Oliver papers, 1918-1957.

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Contains the following types of materials: letters, v-mail, postcards, clippings. Contains information pertaining to the following wars and time periods: World War II (WWII) -- Western Front, -- United States (U.S.), --North Africa, -- European Theater of Operations (ETO); post WWII occupation -- Japan, -- Korea; 1946-1950; 1950s. Contains information pertaining to the following military units and organizations: Headquarters (HQ) Medical and Surgical Consultants, American Expeditionary Force (AEF); 104th Infantry, 52nd Infantry Brigade, 26th Division; 84th, 361st Quartermaster (QM) Battalions; 478th Amphibious Truck Company; 451st Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion (automatic weapons); 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division; Bordeaux Detachment, 703rd Administrative Unit. General description of the collection: The Raymond A. Oliver papers include enlisted man's letters to his wife, Anna Oliver (1914-1918) and her letters (1945-1947) revealing separation hardship, war weariness, views on Women's Army Corps, economic conditions, working women, birth control, domestic life, religion, dreams for post-war era, v-mail war bond, and 1918 letters to Dr. L. Brown from Drs. J. Goldthwait and E. Brackett on WWI medical care.

1 box.

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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...

Oliver, Raymond A.

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