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000004378 02480 $$aElizabeth_Adams_photograph_1943_womens_army_auxiliary_corps_uniform
000004378 1001_ $$aunknown photographer
000004378 245__ $$aElizabeth Adams photograph:  Women's Army Auxiliary Corps uniform
000004378 246__ $$aWomen's Army Auxiliary Corps (W.A.A.C.) uniform
000004378 264_1 $$c1943
000004378 269__ $$a1943
000004378 300__ $$a17.1 x 11.7 cm.
000004378 336__ $$astill image
000004378 500__ $$aPhotograph of Elizabeth Adams wearing her Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (W.A.A.C.) uniform.
000004378 542__ $$fIN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED
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000004378 590__ $$aElizabeth Fisher Adams, a 1929 graduate of Skidmore, began training in 1940 for a position as an ambulance driver for Anne Morgan's war aid organization, CASC—Comité Américain de Secours Civil, in France. Adams worked on the Belgian front from 1940 - 1941, and was awarded the Croix de Geurre for her services. She returned to the United States as a speaker for the Committee to Defend America and gave a speaking tour through New England. Adams joined the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps. (W.A.A.C.) in 1942, and was appointed third officer, working in the public relations office in Ft. Des Moines, Ohio. In 1943, Adams received an Honorable Discharge from W.A.A.C. because of a back injury. Adams returned to France in 1945 to work with American Aid to France (A.A.T.F.) and was stationed in St. Die and Corcieux in the Vosges mountains, where she was occupied with organizing the relief effort for six towns in the area. In 1948, Adams was awarded the Médaille de la Reconnaissance française for her work with the Friendship train food distribution program.
000004378 650__ $$aUnited States -- Army -- Women's Army Auxiliary Corps -- Uniforms
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000004378 980__ $$aElizabeth Fisher Adams ’29, Photographs/Identity Cards