Photo of Wilma P. Hawkins in uniform

Photo of Wilma P. Hawkins in uniform

WWII
World War II
WAAC
Women's Auxiliary Army Corps
Decatur, IL.

Herald and Review Library: Hawkins, Wilma P. ; Article on back of photo; Wilma P. Hawkins, Decatur's first Negro WAAC, arrived here Saturday on a five-day furlough and is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. c. Hawkins, 1163 west Green street. she recently completed a course in the motor unit at Waacs school at Des Moines, Iowa, and will now enter the non-commissioned officers school. She formerly taught kindergarten and was director of Scovill playground."

Herald and Review

Decatur, IL.

Decatur Public Library, Decatur, IL.

11/8/1942

Decatur Herald and Review

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600 dpi

English

photograph

AF334

World War II

photograph

6 x 8"