Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) Elizabeth Jarrard
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Original caption: "Aux. Elizabeth Jarrard, A-800763. Gas Attendant Motor Pool. 71st Post Hqs. Co., H.R.P.E. home, Hot Springs, Arkansas; enlisted 5 January 1943. Has had four weeks basic, six weeks Motor Transport School, Fort Des Moines, Iowa. Her reason for enlisting was: "She is married, has a son that is a Petty Officer First Class in the U.S. Navy. A daughter who is the wife of a Commissioned Officer in the U.S. Army, so felt she would like to do her part in helping her country." Her duties at H.R.P.E. require dispensing gas and oil, checking radiators and batteries.
This file appears in: Fort Des Moines: Chronology
Fort Des Moines: Chronology
1901 Construction begins on the 400-acre base Fort Des Moines on Des Moines’ South Side.1903-1904 Two companies of the all-black U.S. Army 25th Infantry surprise Des Moines’ local citizens by arriving instead of white cavalry. The 25th had been…