Jim Thorpe's Daughter Graduates in Women's Army Auxillary Corps
Title
Jim Thorpe's Daughter Graduates in Women's Army Auxillary Corps
Subject
World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Female
United States. Army. Women's Army Corps
Description
This is a July 24, 1943 newspaper clipping from the Gazette and Daily featuring Grace Thorpe's graduation from Fort Oglethorpe, GA.
Creator
unknown
Source
The Gazette and Daily, July 24, 1943
Publisher
Dr. C.C. and Mabel L. Criss Library
Date
July 1943
Contributor
Uploaded to Omeka by Kaitlin Sundberg, 5 December, 2016.
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Copyright © 2016 Newspapers.com
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jpeg
Language
English
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Image
Text
Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., July 23- Grace Thorpe, daughter of America's great all-around Indian athlete, big Jim Thorpe, graduated here today from the recruiting school of the third Women's Army Auxiliary training center.
Her father, once the most colorful figure in sports, now is a war worker in a ford motor company plant in Detroit. Miss Thorpe has been assigned to recruiting duty in the ninth service command, with headquarters at Fort Douglas, Utah.
Also an athlete, Miss Thorpe played three years with the city championship Catholic youth organization basketball team in Chicago, and is an accomplished swimmer and bowler.
A native of Yale, Okla., she has lived in Chicago and Detroit. She enlisted in the WAAC in Detroit, and came here Mar. 5 for basic training.
Her father, once the most colorful figure in sports, now is a war worker in a ford motor company plant in Detroit. Miss Thorpe has been assigned to recruiting duty in the ninth service command, with headquarters at Fort Douglas, Utah.
Also an athlete, Miss Thorpe played three years with the city championship Catholic youth organization basketball team in Chicago, and is an accomplished swimmer and bowler.
A native of Yale, Okla., she has lived in Chicago and Detroit. She enlisted in the WAAC in Detroit, and came here Mar. 5 for basic training.
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newspaper clipping
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unknown, “Jim Thorpe's Daughter Graduates in Women's Army Auxillary Corps,” UNO Digital Humanities Projects, accessed April 29, 2024, https://unodigitalhumanitiesprojects.omeka.net/items/show/303.