First Texas Defense Guardettes

Creator

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Identifier

20031493

Description

Guardettes. Front left, standing, Mary Wright and Dorothy Garland. Seated, left to right, Kathryn Burch, Rosalee Jordan, Lottie Bell Watson, Marian Bader; center, left to right, Private first class Joella Russell, Geneva French, Oma Winstead; back, left to right, Neta Tidwell, Gerrye Mahan and Hazel Ferguson. A room full of women in the Guardette's skirt and jacket uniform with a light blouse and dark solid color tie, wide belt, and dark walking shoes. They're each wearing a garrison cap and have books and pencils or pens in their hands. Clipping: "'Giving out,' in con-com school are, front left, standing, First Lt. Mary Wright of Company B, commander of the school, and First Sgt. Dorothy Garland of Company A; seated, from left to right: Pfc. Kathryn Burch, Sgt. Rosalee Jordan, Sgt. Lottie Bell Watson, clerk of the school, and Sgt. Marian Bader; center, left to right, Pfc. Joella Russell, Corp. Geneva French, Pvt. Oma Winstead; back, left to right, Corp. Neta Tidwell, Pvt. Gerrye Mahan and Hazel Pfc. Ferguson. First Texas Defense Guardettes, women's defense unit. Formed in 1942. Group named in "Texas and War: New Interpretations of the State's Military History, Mendoza and Grear. Citation is on page 91, #13.

Archival Date

1943-10

Collection Name

Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection

Collection Number

AR406-6-295

Original Format

Negatives, Black & White

File Format

JPG

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Subjects

Military personnel