Blair, Gertrude
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1902-
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Gertrude Blair Women's Army Corps paper
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1094
Scope and Content
The bulk of this collection consists of personal correspondence to and from Gertrude Blair, dated 1943-1956 that describe the daily activities of her WAC service. They include her time at Archer Field in Brisbane, Australia; Hollandia, Dutch New Guinea, later renamed Jayapura (Indonesia); and Manilia, Philippines. Other documents include individual soldier records, newspaper clippings, memorabilia, military publications, event programs and a publication titled WACS...
Dates:
1943-1989; Majority of material found within 1944 - 1945