LEAVE TO JOIN WACS - Three young women from Davenport and one from Muscatine left Tuesday night for Des Moines to start their basic training with the WAC's. Shown above left to right, they are as follows: Dorothy Gertz, Muscatine; Emily Ireland, 1430 East High street, Ruby Squires, 1208 Perry street and Lolita Mitchell, 205 East Dennison avenue.
Source: The Des Moines Register, April 5, 1944 (group photo included)
Cooking rice for chop suey at Fort Des Moines company mess is Pvt. Dorothy Gertz, Muscatine, Ia., who is in cooks and bakers school.
Source: The Des Moines Register, July 9, 1944 (photo included)
DOROTHY l. GERTZ MADE CORPORAL AT FT. DES MOINES
Pfc. Dorothy L. Gertz, daughter of Mrs. Robert E. Gardner, Buffalo, has been promoted to the grade of corporal in the Women's Army Corps, according to an announcement from the First WAC training center at Ft. Des Moines, Ia. She has been stationed at the Des Moines post for some time.
Source: Quad City Times, January 8, 1945
DOROTHY GERTZ PROMOTED IN WAC
Dorothy L. Gertz, Buffalo, has been promoted to the rank of technician, forth grade, in the Women's Army Corps at Ft. Des Moines, Ia, according to an announcement from the public relations office.
Source: Quad City Times, May 22, 1945
