Bessie M. Butcher Darby papers, 1943-1996.

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Bessie M. Butcher Darby papers, 1943-1996.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/47250342

Contains service records, wartime correspondence with family and friends, and photographs of Darby with fellow service personnel in Italy, Algeria, and the United States. Also includes newsletters, brochures, and pamphlets from several women's organizations such as the WAC Veterans Association and the Women's Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery.

1 cubic ft. (70 photographs)

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

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SNAC Resource ID: 7577980

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...

Darby, Bessie M. Butcher.

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Texas resident. Served in the Women's Army Corps (WAC) during World War II, 1943-1945. From the description of Bessie M. Butcher Darby papers, 1943-1996. (Texas Woman's University Library). WorldCat record id: 47250342 ...