Mary L. Sutton Collection
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Company 1, 3rd Regiment, 1st Wac Training Center
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A group photograph of Company 1 of the 3rd Regiment at the 1st WAC Training Center at Fort Des Moines, Iowa, taken 22 May 1945. All WAC personnel are wearing service dress uniforms with skirts and barracks caps. The male officer is wearing an army dress uniform with officer's cap." Identified officers of the unit are First Lieutenant Helen B. Meisner, commanding officer; Second Lieutenant Cora B. Zaser, executive officer; Second Lieutenant Ellen H. Thomsen, supply officer; and Second Lieutenant Helen V. Zeinenann, Recreation Officer.
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Oral history interview with Mary L. Sutton
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Mary L. Sutton primarily documents her early life and military service during the World War II. Sutton describes living with her grandparents, education, and her time serving in the United States Women's Army Corps (WAC). She tells of being stationed on several bases throughout the country, and describes the roles in which she served." Other topics include her life with her grandparents, her father's employment with the Pere Marquette rail service, her father's death, and her marriage. Additionally, she describes the way females in the military were viewed, her later family life, and her personal views on women in direct combat roles.
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Sutton family in millitary uniforms
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Mary L. Sutton, her husband, and her brothers-in-law pose outside in the snow, all wearing the uniforms of their services." The individuals shown (from left to right) are "Skip" Crandall in navy uniform; Cam, her husband, in army uniform; Mary Sutton in WAC uniform; and Milt Sutton in army uniform.
