In Women's Army
Among the recent recruits in the WAC is Mrs. Vera Fedderson of Calamus, Ia., who will leave next Tuesday to receiver her basic training at Fort Des Moines. Mrs. Fedderson attended the Calamus high school and is employed at the Rock Island arsenal. Her husband, Harry Fedderson is with the medical corps of the army and has been overseas since last May.
Source: The Daily Times, January 7, 1944 (photo included)
WAC RECRUITS -- Two young women from Davenport, one from Bettendorf and one from Calamus, were recruited into the WAC by the Davenport army recruiting office. Pictured above are (seated, left to right) Vera R. Fedderson, Calamus; Mildred Selinger, Brady street road, Davenport; and (standing) Marion Hentze, 1330 Mississippi avenue, Davenport, and Anna Lee Ripperton, 2510 Oak street, Bettendorf.
Source: The Daily Times, Davenport IA, January 12, 1944 (group photo included)
CALAMUS WAC ON VISIT
Calamus, Ia. -- Sergt. Vera Fedderson, Ft. Benning, Ga., with the WACs the past year, is spending a furlough with her parents here.
Source: Quad City Times, January 18, 1945
