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This three page, handwritten letter from Evelyn Horton to her parents details the swearing in ceremony at Fort Oglethorpe, shortly after the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps became the Women's Army Corps. Horton has marked out one of the As in WAAC on the stationary header.

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Title
Letter from Evelyn Horton to her parents
Contributor
Horton, Evelyn E., Correspondent
Date
1943-08-06
Date (Text)
1943-08-06
Object ID
WV0381.4.001
Subject Headings
World War, 1939-1945
United States. Army--Women
Topics
Women's History
Military
Service Branch
Army -- WAAC
Army -- WAC
Conflict / Era
World War II era (1940-1946)
Type
Image
Format
correspondence
Language
English
Contributing Institution
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Archive
Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries; Evelyn E. Horton Collection; Folder: 1: Correspondence, 1943
Rights and Reuse
(http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/) IN COPYRIGHT. This item is subject to copyright. Contact the contributing institution for permission to reuse.
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Digital History Collections > University of North Carolina at Greensboro > Women Veterans Historical Project Collections > Evelyn E. Horton Collection
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