Papers and photographs, 1943-1989.

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Papers and photographs, 1943-1989.

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Military souvenirs and ephemera of Jewell, a Madison, Wis. native, related to her Women's Army Corps service as a mess sergeant at Kennedy Hospital (Tennessee) and in New Guinea.

Papers 0.1 linear ft. (2 folders and 1 oversized folder) and.Photographs 0.4 linear ft. (1 archives box)

Wisconsin Veterans Museum Research Center

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SNAC Resource ID: 7673399

Wisconsin Veterans Museum Research Center

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