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MAJ Blanche L. Scott, USA Ret. Oral History
Publication date: 13 August 2024
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title:
MAJ Blanche L. Scott, USA Ret. Oral History
creator:
Scott, Blanche Leona (1915 June 26 - )
subject:
Women's Army Corps (WAC)
description:
Blanche L. Scott was born on June 26, 1915 in Boydton, Virginia. She joined the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps in 1942 and was apart of the only black WAC unit sent overseas during World War II: the 6888th Central Postal Directory, which served around the European theater. In that unit, she served as a personnel officer in England and France. She remained in the Women’s Army Corps after the war ended, initially receiving a discharge in 1955 before reenlisting in the Army Reserve between 1958 and 1966. When she was discharged in 1965 Scott had reached the rank of major, and for her service she was awarded an Army Commendation Medal, Army Good Conduct Medal with a bronze clasp, American Campaign Medal, Women’s Army Corps Service Medal, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, World War II Victory Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Armed Forces Reserve Service Medal Armed Forces Reserve Medal with a 10-year device. No transcript of this interview is currently available.
publisher:
Military Women's Memorial Foundation
contributor:
Scott, Kate M.
date:
2006-05-01
type:
Moving Image
format:
VHS
identifier:
834; 2006.834
source:
CLIR - Recordings at Risk
language:
English
relation:
081490
coverage:
World War II (1939-1945) | 1940s| 1950s | 1960s | 1942-55 | 1958-65
rights:
Unrestricted