Helen Minor |
Helen Minor, circa 1944-1947 | World War II, 1939-1946
WAC (Women's Army Corps)
Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia; Staten Island, New York; Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri; O'Reilly General Hospital, Springfield, Missouri; Beaumont Hospital, El Paso, Texas
Technical Sergeant
Batavia, NY
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For Helen Minor, military service meant extensive travel--not abroad, but to posts all around the United States, from Georgia to Missouri to Texas. When she dropped out of college in 1944 to enlist in the WACs, Minor was promised training in occupational therapy. She taught wounded soldiers how to regain the use of their limbs through simple handicrafts; she also observed the fortitude of men who remained amazingly upbeat in spite of their injuries.
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