Florence C. Schreiner papers, 23 Oct 1945.
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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
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The United States Army is the largest branch of the United States Armed Forces and performs land-based military operations. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States and is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution, Article 2, Section 2, Clause 1 and United States Code, Title 10, Subtitle B, Chapter 301, Section 3001. As the largest and senior branch of the U.S. military, the modern U.S. Army has its roots in the Continental Army, which wa...
Schreiner, Florence C., 1914-
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Staff Sergeant (S/SGT) Florence C. Schreiner enrolled in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) 17 September 1942. She was discharged from the Women's Army Corps (WAC) 3 August 1943 to accept a commission in the Regular Army. She was discharged from Fort Des Moines, Iowa 23 October 1945. From the description of Florence C. Schreiner papers, 23 Oct 1945. (US Army, Mil Hist Institute). WorldCat record id: 70292873 ...
