Charlotte E. Ward (1914-1988), of Delaware, Indiana, served with the United States Army Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) and then the Women's Army Corps (WAC) from 1943-1945. Ward joined the WAAC on 13 February, 1943 in Columbus, Ohio. She did her basic training at the 2nd WAAC Training Center in Daytona Beach, Florida. She was assigned to the First WAAC Separate Battalion. She continued her training at Camp Polk, Louisiana and then Fort Devens, Massachusetts, where she prepared for deployment to England. She was assigned to the 169th Post Headquarters company and then transferred to Camp Shanks, New York before shipping overseas. Ward arrived on 15 July, 1943 in Great Britian. She was reassigned to the 76th WAC company and worked in operations at the 8th Army Air Force Bomber Command Headquarters at High Wycombe, England. Ward returned to the United States and left the army in late 1945.
