Dora Ann DeHart Atha Collection

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Who's responsible?: Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries (Repository)
How much has been digitized?: Only a part of this collection has been digitized.
Where can I find more information?: https://uncg.as.atlas-sys.com/repositories/2/resources/117
What's in the full collection?: 2010 oral history transcript; uniforms; military records; correspondence; and training materials.
Full biography: Dora Ann DeHart Atha served as an enlisted member of the United States Women’s Army Corps (WAC) from 1961 to 1964. Dora Ann DeHart Atha was born in 1942 in the Eden area on the border of North Carolina and Virginia, where she grew up. Upon graduating from high school in 1960, she worked in the area before enlisting in the United States Army in April of 1960. She enlisted in Charlotte, North Carolina, and was sent to Fort McClellan, Alabama for basic training.Atha, then DeHart, was then sent to Fort Sam Houston, Texas in July of 1961 to be trained as a medic, leaving for Fort Bragg in October of 1961. At her request, she was next assigned the 97th General Hospital in Stuttgart, Germany beginning in September of 1962. While at the 97th, she met her husband, marrying in September of 1963. She and her husband left the military in 1964.
Topics: Women's History
Military
Branch of service: Army -- WAC
Conflict: Post World War II, Korea (1947-1963)
Subject headings: Korean War, 1950-1953
United States. Army--Women
Contributing Institution: Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries

: Oral history interview with Dora Anne DeHart Atha; Dora Ann DeHart Atha discusses her early life, education, enlistment in the military, and life after the military. She mentions many incidents, humorous and otherwise, from her time in basic training and her overall military experience. She also discusses tourist activities and places she was able to visit while stationed in Stuttgart, Germany, as well as her feelings on women's roles in the military. It is mentioned in the interview that she is wearing her WAC uniform while being interviewed.

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