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000004382 02480 $$aElizabeth_Adams_letter_04_20_1940
000004382 041__ $$aEnglish
000004382 1001_ $$aAdams, Elizabeth Fisher, 1906-1990
000004382 245__ $$aElizabeth Adams correspondence: 1940-04-20
000004382 246__ $$aElizabeth Adams letter
000004382 264_1 $$cApril 20, 1940
000004382 269__ $$a1940-04-20
000004382 300__ $$a2 pages ; typewritten ; 27.9 x 21.6 cm.
000004382 336__ $$atext
000004382 500__ $$aLetter from Elizabeth Adams to her father: dated April 20 1940, details her experiences volunteering for the CASC—Comité Américain de Secours Civil.
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000004382 590__ $$aElizabeth Fisher Adams, a 1929 graduate of Skidmore, began training in 1940 for a position as an ambulance driver for Anne Morgan's war aid organization, CASC—Comité Américain de Secours Civil, in France. Adams worked on the Belgian front from 1940 - 1941, and was awarded the Croix de Geurre for her services. She returned to the United States as a speaker for the Committee to Defend America and gave a speaking tour through New England. Adams joined the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps. (W.A.A.C.) in 1942, and was appointed third officer, working in the public relations office in Ft. Des Moines, Ohio. In 1943, Adams received an Honorable Discharge from W.A.A.C. because of a back injury. Adams returned to France in 1945 to work with American Aid to France (A.A.T.F.) and was stationed in St. Die and Corcieux in the Vosges mountains, where she was occupied with organizing the relief effort for six towns in the area. In 1948, Adams was awarded the Médaille de la Reconnaissance française for her work with the Friendship train food distribution program.
000004382 650__ $$aAdams, Elizabeth Fisher, 1906-1990 -- Correspondence
000004382 650__ $$aWorld War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- United States
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000004382 980__ $$aElizabeth Fisher Adams ’29, Correspondence