WOMEN VETERANS HISTORICAL COLLECTION

Ruth Coster Collection, 1944-46, 1997

• Name: Coster, Ruth L. [name in service - Pearce]
• Branch: WAC (Air WAC)
• Served: 1944-1946

ACQUISITION: Gift of Ruth Coster, February 4, 2000

DESCRIPTION: The photographs in this collection were taken while Coster was stationed at Ft. Oglethorpe and in New Guinea. Of particular note are a group of photographs taken of WAC's funeral in New Guinea. This funeral was for the WACs who were killed in an airplane crash en route to Australia.

LOCATION:
Women Veterans Collections A-Z
Papers, Printed Material, Photographs
Biographical information, 1944-1946
Honorable Discharge, 1946
Newspaper Clippings, ca. 1944
Photographs, 1944-1945, 1997

Transcripts
Oral history interview, February 4, 2000

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