Documents Reva Ingram Fortune's early life in rural North Carolina; her military service in the Women's Army Corps (WAC) and later the Women in the Air Force (WAF) from 1943 to 1952; and her experience as a student at the Woman's College of the University of North Carolina (now the University of North Carolina at Greensboro) from 1954 to 1958. Fortune discusses growing up on a farm outside Greensboro, North Carolina, during the Depression. She speaks about her parents' backgrounds, high school secretarial classes, her father's Model T Ford, playing the violin, and life on the farm. Fortune talks at length about her military service from May 1943 to 1952 in the WAAC, the WAC, and with the Women in the Air Force (WAF). She describes basic training at Daytona Beach, especially the clothing, physicals, drilling, officers, food, and barracks. She also notes the WACs' social life, pranks, and opportunities for fun, including her trips to Cuba and Sanibel Island. Fortune also describes her duties as a first sergeant; the types of work deemed appropriate for women; friends who did overseas duty; gunnery training over the Gulf of Mexico; her impression of public attitude towards women in the military; train travel, dealing with WAC deaths; deactivating squadrons after the war; V-E Day and V-J Day celebrations; and President Franklin Roosevelt's death. Topics related to Fortune's service in with the WAF include training pilots in peacetime and Air Force Blue uniforms designed by Madame Schiaparelli. Fortune also recounts her memories of the Woman's College from 1954 to 1958, including working to pay tuition; assignments; field trips; and the McIver Building. She describes her impressions of many faculty members, especially Dr. Archie Shaftesbury and Dr. Richard Bardolph; the daisy chain tradition; and the school's decision to become coeducational. Other topics include Fortune's husband's experiences in the military; working for Social Security; and her opinion of women in combat. Fortune also discusses her impressions of many famous people, including President Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt, Charles Lindbergh, Jacques Cousteau, Mother Theresa, Winston Churchill, and Chuck Yeager. She also mentions some of her military friends, including Lee Allmon, Alice Faye, and Eloise Husmann. Fortune also describes being a special guest at Randolph Field for the celebration of the U.S. Air Force's fiftieth anniversary.