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000003233 02480 $$aElizabeth_Adams_photograph_1940s_in_uniform
000003233 1001_ $$aunknown photographer
000003233 245__ $$aElizabeth Adams photograph: in uniform
000003233 246__ $$aIn uniform
000003233 264_1 $$c1945? - 1949?
000003233 269__ $$a1945
000003233 269__ $$a1949
000003233 300__ $$a14 x 8.9 cm. (image)
000003233 336__ $$astill image
000003233 500__ $$aPhotograph of Elizabeth Adams in uniform.
000003233 542__ $$fIN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED
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000003233 590__ $$aElizabeth Fisher Adams, a 1929 graduate of Skidmore, began training in 1940 for a position as an ambulance driver for Anne Morgan's war aid organization, CASC—Comité Américain de Secours Civil, in France. Adams worked on the Belgian front from 1940 - 1941, and was awarded the Croix de Geurre for her services. She returned to the United States as a speaker for the Committee to Defend America and gave a speaking tour through New England. Adams joined the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps. (W.A.A.C.) in 1942, and was appointed third officer, working in the public relations office in Ft. Des Moines, Ohio. In 1943, Adams received an Honorable Discharge from W.A.A.C. because of a back injury. Adams returned to France in 1945 to work with American Aid to France (A.A.T.F.) and was stationed in St. Die and Corcieux in the Vosges mountains, where she was occupied with organizing the relief effort for six towns in the area. In 1948, Adams was awarded the Médaille de la Reconnaissance française for her work with the Friendship train food distribution program. 
000003233 650__ $$aWorld War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- United States
000003233 650__ $$aWorld War, 1939-1945 -- France -- Photographs
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000003233 980__ $$aElizabeth Fisher Adams ’29, Photographs/Identity Cards