Semester
Fall
Date of Graduation
2005
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Type
MA
College
Eberly College of Arts and Sciences
Department
History
Committee Chair
Elizabeth Fones-Wolf.
Committee Co-Chair
Robert Lewis
Committee Member
Jason Parker
Abstract
As an analysis and examination of the letters of two West Virginia residents written during each resident's service in World War II, this thesis compares the wartime experiences of a brother and sister against secondary and primary source literature covering World War II and the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps/Women's Army Corps. The experiences of these two soldiers are told through an interpretation of their letters home and an examination of the training experiences of women and men in World War II. In addition, the first main section of the thesis, Chapter Two, is devoted to an overview and analysis of the Women's Army Corps. The following two chapters are a summary of the letters of First Lieutenant Anna Marie Fisher and Staff Sergeant E. Steve Fisher, respectively.
Recommended Citation
Berger, Miles B., "A West Virginia family in World War II" (2005). Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports. 751.
https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/etd/751