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Dorothy Farrington Gribble serves food to a news reporter dressed in a WAC uniform at Bergstrom Field in Austin, Texas." Gribble was assigned to chaperone the reporter as she lived for two days as a WAC. The two are flanked by three other WACs at the base's mess hall buffet. The photo was included in a report for the Austin newspaper.

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Title
WACs in mess hall
Contributor
Gribble, Dorothy Farrington, Curator
Date
1944
Date (Text)
1944
Object ID
WV0035.6.013
Subject Headings
World War, 1939-1945
United States. Army--Women
Topics
Women's History
Military
Place
Bergstrom Field (Tex.)
Service Branch
Army -- WAC
Army -- AAF
Conflict / Era
World War II era (1940-1946)
Type
Image
Format
photographs
Language
English
Contributing Institution
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Archive
Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries; Dorothy Farrington Gribble Collection
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 > Dorothy Farrington Gribble Collection
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