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Title	Destination: Overseas
Newspaper	Evening Tribune (Des Moines, Iowa)
Date Original	1944-10-16
Description	Image of WACs with packages accompanies article.
Note	Caption reads: Staff Sergt. Anna M. Smith (left), of Beckley, West Va., on duty in the army branch post office at Fort Des Moines, received Christmas packages to be mailed overseas Monday, the last day for mailing holiday gifts overseas, from WAC Privates Nella Koger (center), of Earl Park, Ind., and Judy Brubaker, of Detroit, Mich.. Until midnight Monday, the main postoffice downtown will receive overseas Christmas parcels. Substations will receive the packages until 6 p.m. Monday. Private Koger was "Miss Illinois" in 1941 and Private Brubaker was runner-up for the title of "Miss Michigan" in 1942.
Topical Subject (LCTGM)	Women
Topic	Women's military activity
Subject	United States. Army. Women's Army Corps World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Female Women soldiers -- Iowa -- Fort Des Moines
Corporate Name Subject	United States. Army. Women's Army Corps
Geographic Subject	United States -- Iowa -- Polk County -- Fort Des Moines
Chronological Subject	1940-1950
Type	Clippings Text Still Image
Type (DCMIType)	Still image Text
Type (AAT)	Clippings (Information Artifacts)
Type (IMT)	Jpeg
Digital Format	image/jpeg
Digital Collection	World War II Iowa press clippings
Contributing Institution	State Historical Society of Iowa, Iowa City
Rights Management	This digital image may be used for educational purposes, as long as it is not altered in any way. No commercial reproduction or distribution of this file is permitted without written permission of the State Historical Society of Iowa
Height (cm)	1 clipping : b&w ; 13 x 9 cm
Digitization Specifications	Master image scanned with Ricoh Aficio MP C3000 as a JPEG at 600 ppi
File Name	1944-10-16-02.jpg
Theme	World War II
Language	eng
Full Text	Evening Tribune Des Moines, Iowa DESTINATION: OVERSEAS Staff Sergt. Anna M. Smith (left), of Beckley, West Va., on duty in the army branch post office at Fort Des Moines, received Christmas packages to be mailed overseas Monday, the last day for mailing holiday gifts overseas, from WAC Privates Nella Koger (center), of Earl Park, Ind., and Judy Brubaker, of Detroit, Mich.. Until midnight Monday, the main postoffice downtown will receive overseas Christmas parcels. Substations will receive the packages until 6 p. m. Monday. Private Koger was "Miss Illinois" in 1941 and Private Brubaker was runner-up for the title of "Miss Michigan" in 1»4«.

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