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Jackson Advocate
Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi
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Approximately 300 guests from Columbia and vicinity attended the 3rd anniversary observance of the Women's Army Corps at Fort Jackson, S.C., featuring open house, public program, arts and crafts exhibition, and drill exhibition. WACs began service there in September 1943, assigned mainly to the Regional Hospital.
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FORT JACKSON, S. C - Approximately 300 persons from Columbia and vicinity were guests of WAC Detachment No. 2 at Fort Jackson Sunday, to participate in observance of the 3rd anniversary of the Women's Army Corps.
Open house inspection, a public program, exhibition of Arts and Crafts and an exhibition drill were parts of the day's program. The Ft. Jackson WAC began service at the post in September 1943. Members are assigned principally to the Fort Jackson Regional Hospital in office and wards.
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Fort Jackson, S. C
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Sunday
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Approximately 300 persons from Columbia and vicinity were guests of WAC Detachment No. 2 at Fort Jackson Sunday, to participate in observance of the 3rd anniversary of the Women's Army Corps. Open house inspection, a public program, exhibition of Arts and Crafts and an exhibition drill were parts of the day's program. The Ft. Jackson WAC began service at the post in September 1943. Members are assigned principally to the Fort Jackson Regional Hospital in office and wards.