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Cpl Gertrude Wolfe Luxner Oral History
Publication date: 31 July 2024
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title:
Cpl Gertrude Wolfe Luxner Oral History
creator:
Luxner, Gertrude (Wolfe) (1921 March 9 - )
subject:
Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) | Women's Army Corps (WAC)
description:
Gertrude Luxner (formerly Wolfe) was born on March 9, 1921 in New York. She enlisted in the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps in February 1943 and went to basic training at Daytona Beach, Florida. She stayed in the service when the WAAC became the Women’s Army Corps, and was stationed at Sebring, Florida after completing training. Her next assignment was in England, and she arrived in Scotland after D-Day in 1944. While overseas her assignment was primarily to repair warplanes, and she also visited many Army hospitals to help cheer up the wounded. She was in England for a year before returning to the United States and receiving her discharge in October 1945. When she left the service Luxner had reached the rank of corporal, and for her service she was awarded an Army Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, WAAC Service Ribbon, and World War II Victory Medal. No transcript of this interview is currently available.
publisher:
Military Women's Memorial Foundation
contributor:
Pedemonte, Monica
date:
2005-02-25
type:
Audio
format:
Cassette
identifier:
587; 2005.587
source:
CLIR - Recordings at Risk
language:
English
relation:
472466
coverage:
World War II (1939-1945) | 1943-45
rights:
Unrestricted