Martha A. Wayman papers, 1942-1951 (bulk 1942-1945).

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Martha A. Wayman papers, 1942-1951 (bulk 1942-1945).

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General description of the collection: The Martha A. Wayman papers includes personal correspondence to family members about her military life as an Army postal censor while stationed in the United States and overseas in Australia, New Guinea, the Philippines and Japan. Also, the collection contains some documents about the history of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) and Women's Army Corps (WAC), magazine articles, news clippings, newsletters, poems, programs, and publications. In addition, the collection contains an address by Colonel Hobart B. Brown, Commandant, 3rd Women's Army Auxiliary Training Center, Fort Oglethorpe, GA in response to a John O'Donnell article in the New York Daily News which contained statements which negatively reflected on the reputation and morals of members of the WAAC.

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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...

United States. Army. Women's Army Auxiliary Corps

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Neal, Martha A., (Martha Alice), 1915-2000.

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Captain Martha A. Wayman was born 26 May 1915 in Fairmont, WV. She enlisted in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) on 7 December 1942 and was sent to Fort Des Moines, IA for basic training. After being trained as a teletypist in Norfolk, VA, Wayman was selected for Officer Candidate School (OCS) at Fort Des Moines. Wayman graduated from OCS on 10 May 1943. Following her graduation, Wayman served as a postal censor at Fort Oglethorpe, GA; Buckley Field, CO; Fort Logan, CO; and Sheppard Field,...