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'''Ritchie WACs''' lists Women's Army Corps (WAC) members identified ~~in the roster~~ when ~~the~~ soldier's '''certificate''' field is marked '''WAC'''.

'''Ritchie WACs''' lists Women's Army Corps (WAC) members identified when a soldier's '''certificate''' field is marked '''WAC'''.

About '''2,000''' WACs trained at [[Camp Ritchie]] during World War II alongside roughly 20,000 men. This page is a working roster ~~slice from imported class data~~; ~~background~~ material and additional names will be added as research continues.

About '''2,000''' WACs trained at [[Camp Ritchie]] during World War II alongside roughly 20,000 men. This page is a working roster; portraits are scarce so far. Background material and additional names will be added as research continues.

Roster names and service clues ~~on this page~~ include research compiled by '''Dan Gross''' and expanded by '''Beverley Driver Eddy''' (''WACs at Camp Ritchie'', 2021 spreadsheet).

Roster names and service clues include research compiled by '''Dan Gross''' and expanded by '''Beverley Driver Eddy''' (''WACs at Camp Ritchie'', 2021 spreadsheet).

See also [[Camp Ritchie#Who trained there|Camp Ritchie — who trained there]], [[Ritchie Boy Programs#Dr. Beverley Driver Eddy — Ritchie Girls and WACs|Ritchie Girls and WACs]], ~~and~~ [[The Stories/The Patricia Crane Story|The Patricia Crane Story]].

See also [[Camp Ritchie#Who trained there|Camp Ritchie — who trained there]], [[Ritchie Boy Programs#Dr. Beverley Driver Eddy — Ritchie Girls and WACs|Ritchie Girls and WACs]], [[The Stories/The Patricia Crane Story|The Patricia Crane Story]], and [[Themes]].

In July 1954, about thirty-five former Camp Ritchie WACs gathered in Hagerstown, Maryland, for what the ''Morning Herald'' described as the first reunion of a WAC contingent and the formal organization of the Camp Ritchie WAC Association, chaired by [[Massaro, Frances M. (A701441)|Frances Massaro]] until officers were elected. The paper estimated that about 150 WACs had been stationed at Ritchie during the war.

== MISLS yearbook (transfers to Camp Ritchie) ==

Nisei and other MISLS WAC translator graduates who moved to Camp Ritchie appear in a 1946 school yearbook (Fold3). Captions record '''21''' transfers after the November 1945 commencement and further transfers when the WAC Detachment deactivated in February 1946. See [[Nisei and Pacific#MISLS WAC Detachment and Camp Ritchie]].

MISLS_WAC_grads_bus_to_Camp_Ritchie.jpg|WAC MIS grads leaving for Camp Ritchie

MISLS_WAC_Capt_Marian_E_Nestor.jpg|Capt. Marian E. Nestor (MISLS WAC Detachment CO)

MISLS_WAC_first_twelve_MISLS_steps.jpg|First WACs at MISLS with Capt. Nestor

</gallery>

== Faces ==

<div class="notable-slide-photo">[[File:The Patricia Crane Story 1.png|200px|link=Crane, Patricia (A206798)|alt=Patricia Crane]]</div>

<div class="notable-slide-name">[[Crane, Patricia (A206798)|Patricia Crane]]</div>

<div class="notable-slide-meta">WAC · Camp Ritchie</div>

<ul>

<li>Featured in the 2011 “Secret Heroes” exhibition</li>

<li>[[The Stories/The Patricia Crane Story|Full story]]</li>

</ul>

</div></div>

<div class="notable-slide-nophoto">No portrait yet</div>

<div class="notable-slide-name">[[Davis, Sally J. (L705001)|Sally J. Davis]]</div>

<div class="notable-slide-meta">Captain</div>

<ul>

<li>Roster certificate marked WAC</li>

</ul>

</div></div>

<div class="notable-slide-nophoto">No portrait yet</div>

<div class="notable-slide-name">[[Fischer, Dorothy (L504431)|Dorothy Fischer]]</div>

<div class="notable-slide-meta">[[Class 13|13]] · Capt</div>

<ul>

<li>Roster certificate marked WAC</li>

</ul>

</div></div>

<div class="notable-slide-nophoto">No portrait yet</div>

<div class="notable-slide-name">[[Gates, Alice Ann (L801221)|Alice Ann Gates]]</div>

<div class="notable-slide-meta">Second Lieutenant</div>

<ul>

<li>Roster certificate marked WAC</li>

</ul>

</div></div>

<div class="notable-slide-nophoto">No portrait yet</div>

<div class="notable-slide-name">[[Homan, Elaine Claira (L703016)|Elaine Claira Homan]]</div>

<div class="notable-slide-meta">First Lieutenant</div>

<ul>

<li>Roster certificate marked WAC</li>

</ul>

</div></div>

<div class="notable-slide-nophoto">No portrait yet</div>

<div class="notable-slide-name">[[Hunt, Georgia Fay (L803158)|Georgia Fay Hunt]]</div>

<div class="notable-slide-meta">Second Lieutenant</div>

<ul>

<li>Roster certificate marked WAC</li>

</ul>

</div></div>

<div class="notable-slide-nophoto">No portrait yet</div>

<div class="notable-slide-name">[[Rode, Barbara (L602377)|Barbara Rode]]</div>

<div class="notable-slide-meta">Second Lieutenant</div>

<ul>

<li>Roster certificate marked WAC</li>

</ul>

</div></div>

<div class="notable-slide-nophoto">No portrait yet</div>

<div class="notable-slide-name">[[Thiemann, Agnes D. (L704048)|Agnes D. Thiemann]]</div>

<div class="notable-slide-meta">First Lieutenant</div>

<ul>

<li>Roster certificate marked WAC</li>

</ul>

</div></div>

<div class="notable-slide-nophoto">No portrait yet</div>

<div class="notable-slide-name">[[Weil, Florence Sybil (L200552)|Florence Sybil Weil]]</div>

<div class="notable-slide-meta">Captain</div>

<ul>

<li>Roster certificate marked WAC</li>

</ul>

</div></div>

<div class="notable-slide-nophoto">No portrait yet</div>

<div class="notable-slide-name">[[Wolf, Susan E. (L909025)|Susan E. Wolf]]</div>

<div class="notable-slide-meta">First Lieutenant</div>

<ul>

<li>Roster certificate marked WAC</li>

</ul>

</div></div>

</div>

== Roster list (199 identified) ==

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| [[Hunt, Zelpha A. (A805936)|Zelpha A. Hunt]] || || Private

|-

| [[Hurt, Haruko (WAC)|Haruko Hurt]] || ||

| [[Hurt, Haruko (WAC)|Haruko Hurt]] (née Sugi) || ||

|-

| [[Hutchcraft, Patricia (A615801)|Patricia Hutchcraft]] || || Private

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| [[Kashmann, Doris H. (A125848)|Doris H. Kashmann]] || || Technician Fifth Grade

|-

| [[Kato, Sue (WAC)|Sue Kato]] || ||

| [[Kato, Sue (WAC)|Sue Suzuko “Susie” Kato]] (née Ogata) || ||

|-

| [[Kaufmann, Ellen J. (A206769)|Ellen J. Kaufmann]] || || Technician Fourth Grade

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| [[Stoumen, Helene R. (L304113)|Helene R. Stoumen]] || || Captain

|-

~~| [[Sugi, Haruko (WAC)|Haruko Sugi]] || ||~~

|-

| [[Sullivan, Della L. (A800187)|Della L. Sullivan]] || || Sergeant

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[[Category:Ritchie Boys Wiki]]

== Sources ==

* [https://www.fold3.com/image/704852335 Fold3 MISLS WAC yearbook p.90] · [https://www.fold3.com/image/704852256 p.91] (WAC transfers to Camp Ritchie)

* [https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/28285598/ “Bernice Green of Former WACs Here For First Reunion,” ''Hagerstown Morning Herald'', 30 July 1954] (via Dan Gross research archive (miscellaneous timeline-adjacent documents; not uploaded): ''WAC Contingent.doc'')

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-'''Ritchie WACs''' lists Women's Army Corps (WAC) members identified in the roster when the soldier's '''certificate''' field is marked '''WAC'''.
+'''Ritchie WACs''' lists Women's Army Corps (WAC) members identified when a soldier's '''certificate''' field is marked '''WAC'''.
-About '''2,000''' WACs trained at [[Camp Ritchie]] during World War II alongside roughly 20,000 men. This page is a working roster slice from imported class data; background material and additional names will be added as research continues.
+About '''2,000''' WACs trained at [[Camp Ritchie]] during World War II alongside roughly 20,000 men. This page is a working roster; portraits are scarce so far. Background material and additional names will be added as research continues.
-Roster names and service clues on this page include research compiled by '''Dan Gross''' and expanded by '''Beverley Driver Eddy''' (''WACs at Camp Ritchie'', 2021 spreadsheet).
+Roster names and service clues include research compiled by '''Dan Gross''' and expanded by '''Beverley Driver Eddy''' (''WACs at Camp Ritchie'', 2021 spreadsheet).
-See also [[Camp Ritchie#Who trained there|Camp Ritchie — who trained there]], [[Ritchie Boy Programs#Dr. Beverley Driver Eddy — Ritchie Girls and WACs|Ritchie Girls and WACs]], and [[The Stories/The Patricia Crane Story|The Patricia Crane Story]].
+See also [[Camp Ritchie#Who trained there|Camp Ritchie — who trained there]], [[Ritchie Boy Programs#Dr. Beverley Driver Eddy — Ritchie Girls and WACs|Ritchie Girls and WACs]], [[The Stories/The Patricia Crane Story|The Patricia Crane Story]], and [[Themes]].
+In July 1954, about thirty-five former Camp Ritchie WACs gathered in Hagerstown, Maryland, for what the ''Morning Herald'' described as the first reunion of a WAC contingent and the formal organization of the Camp Ritchie WAC Association, chaired by [[Massaro, Frances M. (A701441)|Frances Massaro]] until officers were elected. The paper estimated that about 150 WACs had been stationed at Ritchie during the war.
+== MISLS yearbook (transfers to Camp Ritchie) ==
+Nisei and other MISLS WAC translator graduates who moved to Camp Ritchie appear in a 1946 school yearbook (Fold3). Captions record '''21''' transfers after the November 1945 commencement and further transfers when the WAC Detachment deactivated in February 1946. See [[Nisei and Pacific#MISLS WAC Detachment and Camp Ritchie]].
+<gallery mode="packed" heights="160px">
+MISLS_WAC_grads_bus_to_Camp_Ritchie.jpg|WAC MIS grads leaving for Camp Ritchie
+MISLS_WAC_Capt_Marian_E_Nestor.jpg|Capt. Marian E. Nestor (MISLS WAC Detachment CO)
+MISLS_WAC_first_twelve_MISLS_steps.jpg|First WACs at MISLS with Capt. Nestor
+</gallery>
+== Faces ==
+<div class="notable-slides">
+<div class="notable-slide-card">
+<div class="notable-slide-photo">[[File:The Patricia Crane Story 1.png|200px|link=Crane, Patricia (A206798)|alt=Patricia Crane]]</div>
+<div class="notable-slide-body">
+<div class="notable-slide-name">[[Crane, Patricia (A206798)|Patricia Crane]]</div>
+<div class="notable-slide-meta">WAC · Camp Ritchie</div>
+<ul>
+<li>Featured in the 2011 “Secret Heroes” exhibition</li>
+<li>[[The Stories/The Patricia Crane Story|Full story]]</li>
+</ul>
+</div></div>
+<div class="notable-slide-card">
+<div class="notable-slide-nophoto">No portrait yet</div>
+<div class="notable-slide-body">
+<div class="notable-slide-name">[[Davis, Sally J. (L705001)|Sally J. Davis]]</div>
+<div class="notable-slide-meta">Captain</div>
+<ul>
+<li>Roster certificate marked WAC</li>
+</ul>
+</div></div>
+<div class="notable-slide-card">
+<div class="notable-slide-nophoto">No portrait yet</div>
+<div class="notable-slide-body">
+<div class="notable-slide-name">[[Fischer, Dorothy (L504431)|Dorothy Fischer]]</div>
+<div class="notable-slide-meta">[[Class 13|13]] · Capt</div>
+<ul>
+<li>Roster certificate marked WAC</li>
+</ul>
+</div></div>
+<div class="notable-slide-card">
+<div class="notable-slide-nophoto">No portrait yet</div>
+<div class="notable-slide-body">
+<div class="notable-slide-name">[[Gates, Alice Ann (L801221)|Alice Ann Gates]]</div>
+<div class="notable-slide-meta">Second Lieutenant</div>
+<ul>
+<li>Roster certificate marked WAC</li>
+</ul>
+</div></div>
+<div class="notable-slide-card">
+<div class="notable-slide-nophoto">No portrait yet</div>
+<div class="notable-slide-body">
+<div class="notable-slide-name">[[Homan, Elaine Claira (L703016)|Elaine Claira Homan]]</div>
+<div class="notable-slide-meta">First Lieutenant</div>
+<ul>
+<li>Roster certificate marked WAC</li>
+</ul>
+</div></div>
+<div class="notable-slide-card">
+<div class="notable-slide-nophoto">No portrait yet</div>
+<div class="notable-slide-body">
+<div class="notable-slide-name">[[Hunt, Georgia Fay (L803158)|Georgia Fay Hunt]]</div>
+<div class="notable-slide-meta">Second Lieutenant</div>
+<ul>
+<li>Roster certificate marked WAC</li>
+</ul>
+</div></div>
+<div class="notable-slide-card">
+<div class="notable-slide-nophoto">No portrait yet</div>
+<div class="notable-slide-body">
+<div class="notable-slide-name">[[Rode, Barbara (L602377)|Barbara Rode]]</div>
+<div class="notable-slide-meta">Second Lieutenant</div>
+<ul>
+<li>Roster certificate marked WAC</li>
+</ul>
+</div></div>
+<div class="notable-slide-card">
+<div class="notable-slide-nophoto">No portrait yet</div>
+<div class="notable-slide-body">
+<div class="notable-slide-name">[[Thiemann, Agnes D. (L704048)|Agnes D. Thiemann]]</div>
+<div class="notable-slide-meta">First Lieutenant</div>
+<ul>
+<li>Roster certificate marked WAC</li>
+</ul>
+</div></div>
+<div class="notable-slide-card">
+<div class="notable-slide-nophoto">No portrait yet</div>
+<div class="notable-slide-body">
+<div class="notable-slide-name">[[Weil, Florence Sybil (L200552)|Florence Sybil Weil]]</div>
+<div class="notable-slide-meta">Captain</div>
+<ul>
+<li>Roster certificate marked WAC</li>
+</ul>
+</div></div>
+<div class="notable-slide-card">
+<div class="notable-slide-nophoto">No portrait yet</div>
+<div class="notable-slide-body">
+<div class="notable-slide-name">[[Wolf, Susan E. (L909025)|Susan E. Wolf]]</div>
+<div class="notable-slide-meta">First Lieutenant</div>
+<ul>
+<li>Roster certificate marked WAC</li>
+</ul>
+</div></div>
+</div>
 == Roster list (199 identified) ==
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 | [[Hunt, Zelpha A. (A805936)|Zelpha A. Hunt]] ||  || Private
 |-
-| [[Hurt, Haruko (WAC)|Haruko Hurt]] ||  ||
+| [[Hurt, Haruko (WAC)|Haruko Hurt]] (née Sugi) ||  ||
 |-
 | [[Hutchcraft, Patricia (A615801)|Patricia Hutchcraft]] ||  || Private
@@ Line 189: / Line 296: @@
 | [[Kashmann, Doris H. (A125848)|Doris H. Kashmann]] ||  || Technician Fifth Grade
 |-
-| [[Kato, Sue (WAC)|Sue Kato]] ||  ||
+| [[Kato, Sue (WAC)|Sue Suzuko “Susie” Kato]] (née Ogata) ||  ||
 |-
 | [[Kaufmann, Ellen J. (A206769)|Ellen J. Kaufmann]] ||  || Technician Fourth Grade
@@ Line 353: / Line 460: @@
 | [[Stoumen, Helene R. (L304113)|Helene R. Stoumen]] ||  || Captain
 |-
-| [[Sugi, Haruko (WAC)|Haruko Sugi]] ||  ||
 |-
 | [[Sullivan, Della L. (A800187)|Della L. Sullivan]] ||  || Sergeant
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 [[Category:Ritchie Boys Wiki]]
+== Sources ==
+* [https://www.fold3.com/image/704852335 Fold3 MISLS WAC yearbook p.90] · [https://www.fold3.com/image/704852256 p.91] (WAC transfers to Camp Ritchie)
+* [https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/28285598/ “Bernice Green of Former WACs Here For First Reunion,” ''Hagerstown Morning Herald'', 30 July 1954] (via Dan Gross research archive (miscellaneous timeline-adjacent documents; not uploaded): ''WAC Contingent.doc'')