Ritchie WACs: Difference between revisions

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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

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== Faces ==

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== 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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 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 ==
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 == 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'')