WWII, Great description of how the disagreeable
conditions in New Guinea were overcome
by WAC imagination.
Dr Anita Gelber rescued a WWI POW Pilot
Capt Clymer led 142 New Guinea WAC's
Ruth Draine, Red Cross worker in France
Ft Hood, Texas, 1950:
First Ft Hood WAC Detachment Established
First Commanding Officer-
Capt Anne Marie Doering
Ft Hood, Texas, 1950
Capt Anne Marie Doering gives WAC guidon
to: Pvt 1st Class Shirley Frank of Cleveland
Lt Marjorie D. Wrightman of Albuquerque
Ft Hood 1950
WAC marries a GI on Armistice Day
- Anne Marie Sings
Portsmith Times, 1955 - Maj Hallowell relied on
Maj Doering in France for interpretations. Hallowell and Doering use visual aids for teaching French.
Women found the name distasteful -
Nickname? - it is more like an acronym !
70,000 WAC's celebrate the one year mark
Fort McClellan, Alabama - Anniston Star
Maj. Anne Marie Doering from South Vietnam,
SFC. Vera S. Ruffin from Adj. Gen WAC Co. Hawaii,
Capt. Joyce I. Collins former Ft. Gordon WAC CO
Oct 1963
US Association of Geographers Confernece,
Anne Marie and Kathleen Wilkes
Chemical School Officers Wives Club Coffee
Anne Marie's speech -
'How an Officer's Lady can do her part in Army Life'.