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Marie Louise Pihlblad, a former school music teacher from Los Angeles, California, was a member of the United States Women's Army Corps (WAC) during World War II. Pihlblad completed her basic training at Fort Des Moines, Iowa, and was stationed at Camp Lee, Virginia, in 1943. While at Camp Lee, Pihlblad worked at the base post office and later the base library. During 1944 she spent several months attending military classes for WACs at Washington and Lee University just outside of Lexington, Virginia. Upon the completion of her classes she returned to Camp Lee. Philblad's discharge date from the WAC is unknown.