Waterloo had two new members of the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps in training Tuesday at Fort Des Moines, Ia. – Miss Edna Moselle Myers, of 2515 Falls avenue and Miss Helen Page, 945 Walnut street. Both will take basic training at the first WAAC training center before assignment to other courses and active duty.
Source: Waterloo Daily Courier, April 14, 1943
A former Waterloo woman, Mrs. Edna Myers, 28, a member of the women's army since March, is shown at right as she report to the WAC motor vehicle dispatcher on a trip she has just finished as driver. Mrs Myers pilots jeeps, trucks, - everything up to 1 1/2 ton haulers. Taking her report is Evelyn Carter (standing) and Mary Toth, technicians fifth grade. Despite a sharp drop in travel by pooling, WAC vehicles at Fort Des Moines, Ia., still total 2,500 miles daily. Recent reductions in travel have cut the average 100 miles a day, 2000 miles a month.
Source: The Waterloo Courier, August 20, 1943 (photo included)
