Primarily documents Dorothy "Dottie" Farrington Gribble's military service in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) and the Women's Army Corps (WAC) from 1943 to 1945, particularly her time at Bergstrom Field in Texas, and her personal life and career after the war." Gribble primarily discusses WAAC basic training at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, in early 1943, and her subsequent assignment as an administrative assistant in personnel at the 89th Headquarters of the air force at Bergstrom Field, Texas. She describes the environment for women in the headquarters, the reaction of the public to women in the military, and the social activities available while dating her future husband, Bill. Gribble includes many anecdotes concerning friends in the military, visiting her older brother at his base, and a complicated effort to catch military planes home to North Carolina and back to Texas. Other topics include the death of her younger brother in Africa while in the air force and Gribble's career in sales and travels following the war.