FIRST FOUR -- Cedar Rapids women to be enlisted for the all-Iowa company of WACs left Tuesday afternoon for Fort Des Moines. Shaking hands with Lieut. Candace B. Arsers, Cedar Rapids WAC recruiter, is Jane L. Johnson, 115 Sixteenth street SE. Other in the group are left to right, Sylvia Peet, 1269 Second avenue SE, Marian F. Maroney, 1720 Second avenue SE and Vernalda Rogers, 2201 D Street SW.
Mrs. Peet, formerly a member of the WAAC, was reenlisting in the WAC after having been out of uniform for several weeks. All the women will leave Fort Des Moines Wednesday evening for Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., to begin training as part of the first all-Iowa company. They will wear a special shoulder insignia and will march under the state flag.
Source: The Cedar Rapids Gazette, October 20, 1943 (photo included)
HERE ARE THREE CEDAR RAPIDS...women who enlisted in the Women's Army corps as members of the Iowa All-States division now in training at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga. They are enjoying free time at on of the service clubs. The All-States drive for 1,351 Iowa recruits - including 55 from Linn county -- started Sept. 27 and ends Dec. 7. The army hopes to have enlisted 70,000 recruits by that time - one for every American soldier killed or missing in action.
These Cedar Rapids recruits are, for left to right, Pvt. Vernalda G. Rogers, 2201 D street SW; Pvt. Jane L. Johnson, 115 Sixteenth street SE and Pvt. Marian F. Maroney, formerly of 1720 Second avenue SE.
Source: The Cedar Rapids Gazette, November 21, 1943 (photo included)
