WAC

Today's #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Mary Louise Castro, who served in the WAC during WWII.

Today's #VeteranOfTheDay is Anne Eloise Sweeney, who rose from private during WWII to Lieutenant Colonel and the office of Deputy Director of the Women’s Army Corps.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Deborah Jo Pereira, who enlisted in the military at a unique time in her life and in American history.

Army Veteran Carolyn Dusty Pruitt served in the Women’s Army Corps and later in the Army Reserve. While in the Reserve, she attended seminary school after feeling called to become a pastor. In 1983, Pruitt gave an interview to the Los Angeles Times about the “Gay, God conflict,” and her commander in the Reserve began an investigation that resulted in Pruitt being discharged.

Harriet Daniel served with the Women’s Army Corps (WAC) in WWII. She was a teletype operator in Italy from 1943 to 1945. For her wedding, her roommate sewed her wedding dress from a parachute.

Veteran Bettie J. Morden was an advocate for women’s rights in the military and later became a quintessential historian, sharing her stories on and off the field.

Army Veteran Anna Marie Hulick was a secretary in the Women’s Army Corps during World War II.

After her high school graduation, Doris Harding enlisted in the Women’s Army Corps and went to Fort McClellan in Anniston, Alabama, where she completed her basic training.

Women’s Army Corps Veteran Alice Evamae Ewing Phillips served during World War II in the medical field.

Army Veteran Mary V. Cowan Geffken was assigned to Pentagon’s “Secret Room” during World War II and selected as the model for the most famous W.A.C. recruiting poster of World War II

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army World War II Veteran Althea Prexeda Semanchik Turlington. Althea passed away in 1996. We honor her service.

WAC Veteran Gordena Lane served as a Surgical Technician from 1945-1946.