Mrs. Grace Pinkerton, former manager of the Berkeley hardware store, who is now a company clerk in the WAC, has arrived safely overseas, according to a cablegram receive by her sister, Mrs. J.T. Geary, 1142 Grant avenue. Mrs. Pinkerton, the wife of B.C. Pinkerton, 302 1/2 West Fourth street, joined the WAC in May, and took her primary training at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga. She was then transferred to Fort Devens, Mass. No word has been received from her for over a month.
Source: The Courier, Waterloo, IA - September 16, 1943
OSAGE WAC IS NOW STATIONED IN INDIA
Osage, Ia. -- Pfc. Marian Horner-Miller of the Wacs is now stationed in India, according to word received by Osage friends. Private Miller lived in Osage several years before going to Waterloo to reside, then worked in Chicago before she enlisted in the Wac.
Her sister, Pvt. Grace Pinkerton, also of the Wac, is now stationed in Africa. They are daughters of Mrs. Edith Horner who lived in Waterloo at various times.
Source: The Courier, Waterloo, IA - February 20, 1944
Osage -- Sgt. Marian Miller is now stationed on an island off the coast of China and her sister, Pfc. Grace Pinkerton, is in Italy. The young women enlisted in the Wac several years ago and have been overseas for some time. Their mother, Mrs Edith Horner is still a resident of Waterloo.
Source: The Courier, Waterloo, IA - January 26, 1945
Grace L. Pinkerton, serving as a clerk in the ordnance section of Allied force headquarters in Italy, was promoted recently from corporal to sergeant in the Wacs.
Formerly a resident at 302 1/2 West Fourth here, Sergeant Pnkerton entered the Wac in April 1943, trained at Ft Oglethorpe, Ga., and Ft. Devens, Mass., and left for overseas duty in August 1943. She landed in north Africa then and later was transferred to Italy.
The sister of Mrs. John T. Geary, 1142 Grant avenue, Sergeant Pinkerton also has a sister in the Wac, Cpl. Marian B. Miller.
Source: The Courier, Waterloo, IA - March 8, 1945
Out of the barracks into a "good American home", that of her sister, Mrs. J.T. Geary, 1142 Grant avenue, Tech. 4th Gr. Grace Pinkerton now is enjoying a 30-day furlough from the Wac duty after nearly two years overseas in the Mediterranean theater.
Source: The Courier, Waterloo, IA - July 1, 1945 (photo included)
Where Are Those GI Janes Since They've Again Become Civilians?
What has happened to those Waterloo girls who looked so smart in Wave, Wac or Spar uniforms, traveled the country and the world and the were discharged from service to return to civilian life?
Well, many of them were married while in the service and have settled in other states or brought their husbands to Waterloo to live. Still others entered new fields of work and have gone on to college through the benefits of education provision of the GI bill of rights.
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Mrs. Grace Pinkerton returned to Waterloo to work as a secretary in a real estate office when she was discharged from the Wacs. She served two years in Africa and Italy. Her sister, Marian Miller, also a former Wac, wasn't satisfied with civilian life when she was discharged. She is now employed by the war department in Tokyo.
Source: The Courier, Waterloo, IA - Sunday, March 9, 1947
