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James Behn, Petty Officer 3rd Class
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Pritzker Military Archives Center Opening Event
The Pritzker Military Archives Center (PMAC) will host an Opening Event on Saturday, May 25th.
Scuba Mist
The exercises in Dive Phase demand complete precision and this is where BUD/S usually ends for at least five men. The technical requirements tax even the most intelligent students. Photograph by…
Meg Madsen
In May 1942, Meg rushed into the Rochester, NY recruiting station after reading the announcement that the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) would begin accepting applications to Officer Candidate…
Yolanda Imhoff
After her brother was drafted into the Army, Imhoff quickly enlisted in the Army’s female unit. Only months after she joined, the WAAC was rebranded as the Women’s Army Corps (WAC) and no longer…
SPARS
To supplement the personnel, the SPARS were formed in November of 1942. The acronym comes from a combination of the Guard’s Latin motto “Semper Paratus” and the English translation, “Always Ready.”…
Edith Yantis
Her father, himself a former member of the Navy, encouraged her to apply for a commission in the WAVES. Yantis was accepted for officer’s training and reported to Smith College in Northampton, New…
Dennis Showalter
Author of more than 16 major publications, including Tannenberg: Clash of Empires, Patton and Rommel: Men of War in the 20th Century, Armor and Blood: Kursk, 1943, …
Linden Anderson
After running into a past student wearing the Red Cross uniform, she decided to join herself. When she headed to Washington DC, for training in 1943, she was 33 years old. Anderson was stationed as…
Charlotte Louise Owen
In 1943, Charlotte Owen (née Plumber) enlisted in the US Marine Corps Women’s Reserve as a member of the newly created Women’s Reserve Band. The 43 member band gave concerts at graduations, hospitals…
Floetta Marie Barton
After completing boot camp, Barton travelled to Quantico, Virginia, to replace a Marine sergeant who was sent overseas. According to Barton, the sergeant’s wife did not take kindly to her arrival and…
Ruth Buckley
Buckley was first stationed in North Africa, working in the pre-operation tent. She was exposed to the enormity of the war through her interaction with the young servicemen. “Suffering was written in…
Dorothy Jenkins
At the time, the Navy Nurse Corps did not accept African-Americans. Jenkins was sent to Camp McCoy, Wisconsin, for basic training, where she did not experience any discrimination or segregation. …