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Idele Singletary Meng (1895-1970) of Austin, Texas, served in the Women's Army Corps (WAC) during World War II. Idele Singletary Meng was born 9 March 1895 in Austin, Texas. She married William Meng, and in 1941 they moved to Carpinteria, California where they owned a ranch. Meng also wrote for a local newspaper, the Santa Barbara News-Press, as the Carpinteria correspondent On 14 March 1944, at the age of 49, she enlisted in the Women's Army Corps (WAC) with duty in the Army Air Forces. She had hoped for an assignment in the South Pacific because she had lived for a time in Hawaii. Meng reported for training at the First WAC Training Center, Fort Des Moines, Iowa, where she completed the five week course of training. The Army transferred her to Pratt Army Air Field, Kansas [...] Read more
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