![]() At the time of her enlistment in Julyġ942, Osby was married, living in Chicago, and employed at the social securityīoard. Was posted to Fort Sheridan under the command of 1st Lt. November 1943, an African American WAC unit ![]() Lucas also worked with German prisoners of war, but was not allowed to speak to Laboratory’s principal activity was the chemical and bacteriologicalĮxamination of foods, including large quantities of canned evaporated milk,ĭried powdered milk, and cheese procured for the Armed Forces. Received more than 66,000 food and water samples from 1941 to 1945. Officers from the lab, and checking in thousands of samples. The Army’s Sixth Service Command Medical Laboratory at Fort Sheridan, driving Mary Jane Lucas Collection, Dunn Museum, 2012.20.39. Mary Jane (Lett) Lucas, bottom right, with Sixth Service Command Laboratory soldiers and WACs, circa 1944. Lucas met her Them protection as soldiers and if captured were eligible for rights given to This new designation was important as it gave women full military rank andīenefits for service injuries and allowed them to serve overseas. Seventy-five percent of the women enlisted. Army as a member of the Women’s Army Corps (WAACs) were offered the choice of an honorable discharge and return toĬivilian life or joining the U.S. With the passing of the bill to create the Women’s Army Corps. On July 3, 1943, the auxiliaries were officially given “active duty status” Stenographers, commissary, photo analysts, surgical assistants, lab assistants, The army quickly figured out how best to utilize theĮxtra "manpower." Duties for the women’s corps included: clerks, That the army “didn’t know what to do with us,” and was given a job as an usherĪt the post’s theater. Who recalled that the women auxiliaries were given a warm reception. Chicago Sun Staff Photo / Fort Sheridan Collection, Dunn Museumĭetachment of WAACs at Fort Sheridan was Mary Jane (Lett) Lucas (1921-2014), (Lett) Lucas aka "Jane" is right of center holding largeĭuffel. WAAC detachment arriving at Fort Sheridan on December 30, 1942. Knowledge, skill, and special training of the women of the nation." The purpose of the WAAC was to make “available to the national defense the As an auxiliary unit, the women were limited to 4906) passed into law creating the Women’s ArmyĪuxiliary Corps (WAAC). With the support of First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and General Marshall, on Mayġ5, 1942, Rogers’s bill (H.R. Not only were women needed in factories, but also in the Marshall,įoresaw a manpower shortage and understood the necessity of women in uniform to The bill stalled until the attack on Pearl Harbor on Decempropelled Introduced a bill in Congress in early 1941 to establish an auxiliary corps toįill non-combatant positions in the army. representative Edith Nourse Rogers (1881-1960) of Massachusetts, who These preparations included discussions onĪlong with men, women wanted to do their part to fight the threat of fascismĪnd many lobbied for a role in the U.S. needed to increase the strength of its’ military to As the warfront expanded throughoutĮurope and Asia, the U.S. Fort Sheridan Collection, Dunn MuseumĪmericans were in the tenth year of the Great Depression when war broke out inĮurope with Hitler’s invasion of Poland. There is no logical explanation for those images to appear other than a paranormal phenomenon.At Fort Sheridan, circa 1943. Looked over the area very carefully to try and debunk the images, but could not. ![]() Took several photos repeatedly rapid in same areas. This was in the middle of the day, but the hill was cold, windy and dark. There was also extremely cold areas in the places where i took the photos. Standing next to her was what appeared to be a young child in early 19th century clothing. In the middle of the grave yard caught 2 more images, one of what appeared to be a woman in a black hooded cape type thing pointing to the witches grave. One of the images had no head, but caught a image of a head hanging from a tree. Captured clear images of 3 people standing by the grave, no one else was there but me and my friend. Took some rapid pictures thru out the cemetery. I went back some 30 years later, found what was left of the grave site. Next thing i knew they were freaking out and we were driving back home. Then suddenly appeared in front of their car, eyes glazed and staring at them. I still remember those words to this day, i do not remember coming back down from the grave site and 3 witnesses said i vanished for about 45 minutes. I was there when i was about 15, read Mary’s gravestone.
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