Fannie Griffin McClendon Collection

Fannie Griffin McClendon (b.1920), of Lafayette, Louisiana, served in the United States Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) and the Women's Army Corps (WAC) from 1942 to 1945 or 1946. She was a member of the the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, whose members were women of color, primarily African American, and was stationed in Birmingham, England and Rouen, France in 1945. In 1951 she joined the Women's Air Force (WAF) and served in Supply until 1971.

Details

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.
What's in the full collection?: July 2019 oral history transcript, scanned photographs
Full biography: Fannie Griffin McClendon (b.1920), of Lafayette, Louisiana, served in the United States Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) and the Women's Army Corps (WAC) from 1942 to 1945 or 1946. She was a member of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, whose members were women of color, primarily African American, and was stationed in Birmingham, England and Rouen, France in 1945. In 1951 she joined the Women's Air Force (WAF) and served in Supply until 1971.
Topics: Women's History
Military
Branch of service: Army -- WAAC
Air Force -- WAF
Army -- WAC
Conflict: World War II era (1940-1946)
Subject headings: World War, 1939-1945
United States. Army--Women
United States. Air Force
Contributing Institution: Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries

: Fannie Griffin McClendon leaving Fort Huachuca. AZ, 1942; Fannie Griffin McClendon leaving Fort Huachuca, AZ to go to OCS at Fort Des Moines, Iowa; 1942

: Four Enlisted WAACS Standing in Front of the Fort Des Moines Mess Hall, 1942; Four Enlisted WAACS Standing in Front of the Fort Des Moines Mess Hall, Iowa; 1942. From L to R: Fannie Griffin McClendon, Glover, Allen, unknown