Filomena "Fay: Langone (1917-?), of Mineola, New York, served in the WAACs (U.S. Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps) and the Air WACs (Women’s Army Corps) in the United States Army Air Force from 1943-1945.
Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries (Repository)
This collection has not yet been digitized.
The collection includes two scrapbooks, clipping, shoulder patches, military papers, WAAC drill regulations, unused personalized “Discharge Service Record” vinyl trifold case. The first scrapbook contains clippings and ephemera from her time at Roswell Air Field and the second scrapbook contains photographs, primarily of fellow WAACS/Air WACS and servicemen.
Filomena “Fay” Langone (1917-?), of Mineola, New York, served in the WAACs (U.S. Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps) and the Air WACs (Women’s Army Corps) in the United States Army Air Force from 1943-1945. Langone enlisted in New York City and began her service on 5 April, 1943. She did her basic training at the Fifth WAAC Training Center in Ruston, Louisiana. She was then assigned to the 3030th Army Air Force Base Unit at Roswell Army Air Field in Roswell, New Mexico and worked as a clerk/classification specialist. She left the service on 27 November, 1945 with the rank of sergeant.
Women's History Military
Army -- WAAC Army -- WAC
World War II era (1940-1946)
World War, 1939-1945 United States. Army--Women
Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries
