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Nancy E. Carter, the daughter of Mr. W. F. and Mrs. Mildred Carter of Charlottesville, Virginia, joined the WAAC in the fall of 1942, and became a sergeant by 1943. Nancy attended basic training in Daytona Beach, Florida, and remained stationed in the area until 1944 when she was sent to Fort Oglethorpe in Georgia. In this same year Nancy joined the WAC. After a brief time in England in 1944, Nancy's regiment was sent to France where they were primarily stationed in Paris. During this period Nancy was awarded a bronze star. After she returned to the United States in 1946 she worked at Fort Dix in New Jersey. She went overseas again between 1948 and 1950, and spent part of this time in Germany. Upon her return she worked at Fort Monroe in Virginia. Her date of discharge is unknown but appears to be after the mid 1960s. By the 1970s Nancy had moved back to Charlottesville, Virginia.