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Lucy M. Smith of Dublin, Virginia, served in medical supply in the Women's Army Corps from 1943 to 1945. Lucy M. Smith grew up in Dublin, Virginia, as the youngest of thirteen children. After graduating from high school, she went to work at the local Hercules powder plant, where she met Richard Smith. They married in October 1941. Richard Smith joined the Seabees in May 1942. Lucy Smith went with him to Mississippi and California until he shipped out to the Pacific Islands. In 1943, Smith joined the Women's Army Corps (WAC) and went to basic training at Fort Oglethorpe in Georgia. She was briefly assigned to Newport News, Virginia, and then to Kecoughtan, Virginia, to work in medical supply. When Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia, was completed, she was moved to the medical supply [...] Read more
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