000003230 001__ 3230 000003230 005__ 20201028070933.0 000003230 02480 $$aElizabeth_Adams_photograph_1940_anne_morgan_at_bellac 000003230 1001_ $$aunknown photographer 000003230 245__ $$aElizabeth Adams photograph: Anne Morgan at Bellac 000003230 246__ $$aAnne Morgan at Bellac 000003230 264_1 $$c1940 000003230 269__ $$a1940 000003230 300__ $$a5.3 x 8 cm. (image) 000003230 336__ $$astill image 000003230 500__ $$aPhotograph of Anne Morgan, commander of the CASC—Comité Américain de Secours Civil, in uniform, standing on the steps of an unidentified building in Bellac. 000003230 542__ $$fIN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED 000003230 542__ $$uhttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/ 000003230 590__ $$aElizabeth Fisher Adams, a 1929 graduate of Skidmore, began training in 1940 for a position as an ambulance driver for Anne Morgan's war aid organization, CASC—Comité Américain de Secours Civil, in France. Adams worked on the Belgian front from 1940 - 1941, and was awarded the Croix de Geurre for her services. She returned to the United States as a speaker for the Committee to Defend America and gave a speaking tour through New England. Adams joined the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps. (W.A.A.C.) in 1942, and was appointed third officer, working in the public relations office in Ft. Des Moines, Ohio. In 1943, Adams received an Honorable Discharge from W.A.A.C. because of a back injury. Adams returned to France in 1945 to work with American Aid to France (A.A.T.F.) and was stationed in St. Die and Corcieux in the Vosges mountains, where she was occupied with organizing the relief effort for six towns in the area. In 1948, Adams was awarded the Médaille de la Reconnaissance française for her work with the Friendship train food distribution program. 000003230 650__ $$aWorld War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- United States 000003230 650__ $$aWorld War, 1939-1945 -- France -- Photographs 000003230 8564_ $$yAnne Morgan at Bellac$$9dbbbb6e8-0f17-4b27-866d-6f7542dad629$$s817492$$uhttp://digitalcoll.skidmore.edu/record/3230/files/Elizabeth_Adams_photograph_1940_anne_morgan_at_bellac.jpg 000003230 8564_ $$yAnne Morgan at Bellac$$961376452-2fdd-4595-bf1a-9c50e4f34aa5$$s1058$$uhttp://digitalcoll.skidmore.edu/record/3230/files/Elizabeth_Adams_photograph_1940_anne_morgan_at_bellac.hocr 000003230 909CO $$ooai:digitalcoll.skidmore.edu:3230$$peds$$qGLOBAL_SET 000003230 968__ $$aElizabeth_Adams_photograph_1940_anne_morgan_at_bellac 000003230 980__ $$aElizabeth Fisher Adams ’29, Photographs/Identity Cards