Posts tagged WAAC/WAC
Breaking Glass Ceilings and Rising in Ranks
Breaking Glass Ceilings and Rising in Ranks

Viola and Abe Sherman could still hear the boom of fireworks on July 5th, 1918, as they welcomed their first child into the world.[1] Iona Sherman was born in Valentine, Nebraska, a quaint rural area where her grandfather had previously built a sod cabin.

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Sisters in ServiceJulianna BeckertNebraska State Normal School, Pearl Harbor, Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps, Fort Des Moines, WAAC/WAC, Normandy Invasion, Company Commander of a WAC Detachment, Conference of Women, Army Missile Command, WAC Coordinator for Army Air Defense Command, WAC Staff Advisor to the Commanding General of Third Army, Fort McClellan, North Colorado Springs Rotary Club
Nearly Thirty Years of Trailblazing Service
Nearly Thirty Years of Trailblazing Service

On the night before Christmas, a baby girl was born who would dedicate her life to protecting this country. John Cuthbert had immigrated to the United States from Ireland in 1888 and eventually would meet his wife, Mary Carter. On December 24, 1914, they would welcome their first and only child, naming her after her mother. They lived their lives in Suffolk, Massachusetts; it is here that Mary would attend high school for all four years and work as a bookkeeper and cashier after graduation.

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Sisters in ServiceJulianna BeckertWomen's Army Auxiliary Corps, WAAC/WAC, WWII, Master Sergeant, Vietnam War, Korean War, G.I. Bill, Cold War, Fort Logan.