Des Moines in the Services
Pvt. Mary E. Simmons, WAC, daughter of Mrs. Emma F. Simmons, 3210 Seventh st., has completed training in the army clerk school at Fort Des Moines.
Source: Des Moines Tribune, July 10, 1944
Des Moines in the Services
Pfc. Mary Elizabeth Simmons, stationed at Camp Miles Standish, Mass., visited her mother, Mrs. Emma Simmons, 3210 Seventh st, en route to Fort Sam Houston, Tex., where she will take a disposition center course at the adjutant general's school.
Source: Des Moines Tribune, March 15, 1945
FIRST WAC DISCHARGED
Fort Des Moines, Ia. -- The first Iowa WAC to return to civilian life is Pfc. Mary E. Simmons, Des Moines, who was discharged Wednesday. Pfc. Simmons, who joined the WAC in February, 1944, received her final discharge papers Wednesday morning at the new Fort Des Moines separation center.
Source: Waterloo Courier, October 3, 1945
