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Stateside Soldier : Life in the Women's Army Corps, 1944-1945, Hardback Book

Stateside Soldier : Life in the Women's Army Corps, 1944-1945 Hardback

Part of the Women's Diaries & Letters of the South series

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I DON'T KNOW ANYBODY who has ever done such a daring thing as I have done,"" twenty-two-year-old Aileen Kilgore of Brookwood, Alabama, wrote in her diary in January 1944, after enlisting in the Women's Army Corps (WAC) during World War II.

From basic training in Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, to her discharge in late 1945, Kilgore served as one of more than 150,000 American women who joined the Women's Army Corps - the first group of women other than nurses to serve in the ranks of the United States Army.

Aileen Kilgore Henderson has now collected and edited diary entries and personal letters that recount in an engaging narrative style her twenty-three months of experiences in the army.

Recording the excitement and anxiety of enlisting, along with the camaraderie, challenges, and monotony of military life and labor, Henderson had a keen eye for the newness of her undertakings.

She worked as one of only six female airplane mechanics at Ellington Air Force Base and as a photo lab technician, and she provides a detailed document of daily life in the service.

Additionally, Henderson reveals the public scrutiny and criticism WAC members faced as they assumed nontraditional roles.

A fascinating record of history in the making, Henderson's diary and letters offer a window into the lives of groundbreaking women and their lasting impact on the United States Armed Forces.

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