LOCAL WAC --Pvt. Elcy Thayer Randall of the Women's Army corps, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D.E. Randall, 722 Monroe N.W., was recently transferred from the 1st WAC training center at Fort Des Moines for duty at the army air forces communications center at Asheville, N. Car. Pvt Randall is a key punch operator in the headquarters office. She was sworn into the WAC on Sept. 4 in Chicago, where she was employed, and received her basic training at Fort Des Moines.
Source: Mason City Globe-Gazette, December 20, 1944 (photo included)
