Marjorie L. Jackson (1919-1998) of Louisiana served as a corporal in the United States Women's Army Corps (WAC) Army Air Forces during World War II.
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Only a part of this collection has been digitized.
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The collection consists of 134 letters written by Jackson to her fiance, Henry Heusinkveld, from February through August 1945 and November 1945, while Jackson was stationed in Atlantic City, New Jersey, and later, Louisville, Kentucky. While the letters contain some information on Jackson's day-to-day life as a WAC, they focus primarily on the couple's personal relationship.
Marjorie L. Jackson (1919-1998) of Louisiana served as a corporal in the Women's Army Corps (WAC) Army Air Forces during World War II. Marjorie L. Jackson (1919-1998) joined the Women's Army Corps (WAC) on 15 March 1944. Following basic training at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, she was assigned to the Army Air Forces Personnel Distribution Command (PDC) in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Jackson was transferred to Bowman Field in Louisville, Kentucky, in April 1945, where she also worked in the PDC until she gained reassignment as a music instructor at the convalescent hospital on base in May 1945." After the war, Marjorie married Henry Heusinkveld and moved to his family farm in Iowa.
Women's History Military
Army -- WAC
World War II era (1940-1946)
World War, 1939-1945 United States. Army--Women
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