During World War II Oveta Culp Hobby was director of this new force
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Oveta Culp Hobby | United States government official | Britannica.com  American editor and publisher of the Houston Post (195253), first director of the U.S. ... World War II, until July 1945, by which time the WAC had grown to a force of 100,000. ... During World War II Oveta Culp Hobby served as director of the newly ... In 1953 she was appointed secretary of the new Department of Health,...
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HOBBY, OVETA CULP | The Handbook of Texas Online| Texas ...  Jun 15, 2010 ... Oveta Culp Hobby, first secretary of the Department of Health, Education and .... The new director had to travel constantly, speaking to large groups of men and ... in the auxiliary units and Colonel Hobby roles during World War II. ... No celebration of Armed Forces Day will be held in Houston which is not...
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Oveta Culp Hobby facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com ...  In World War II she became (1942) director of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC), which, in 1943, became the Women's Army Corps (WAC). She was commissioned colonel in 1943 and remained director until 1945.
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Women's History Month: "Oveta Culp Hobby" by Senator Kay Bailey ...  In honor of Women's History Month, we are sharing Oveta Culp Hobby from ... I said, Yes, the news director, not knowing what the head of a newsroom was called. ... The station assigned me to a post in Austin during the legislative sessions, .... By 1941, as the United States edged closer to entering World War II, Oveta...
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Oveta Culp Hobby - Wikipedia  Hobby (right) during World War II. Oveta Culp Hobby (January 19, 1905  August 16, 1995) was the first secretary of the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare, first director of the Women's Army Corps, and a chairperson of the board of ... This was her second time organizing a new government agency. Among...
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Luftwaffe - Wikipedia  The Luftwaffe was the aerial warfare branch of the German Wehrmacht during World War II. Germany's military air arms during the First World War, the Luftstreitkrfte of .... In newly introduced doctrine, The Conduct of the Aerial Air War in 1935, ... To destroy the enemy air force by bombing its bases and aircraft factories, and...
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BBC - History - Marie Curie  During World War One Curie helped to equip ambulances with x-ray equipment, which she herself drove to the front lines. The International Red Cross made her ... Pack Up Your Troubles. Has Dulce et Decorum Est affected our view of WW1?
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Oveta Culp Hobby - Wikipedia  Oveta Culp Hobby (January 19, 1905  August 16, 1995) was the first secretary of the U.S. ... Among other decisions and actions at HEW, she made the decision to ... She died of a stroke in 1995, in Houston, and was buried at Glenwood ... Debra L. Oveta Culp Hobby: Colonel, Cabinet Member, Philanthropist (2014)...
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30th. July 1915, The battle of Hooge. Germans put their new ...  Germans put their new weapon, the flammenwerfer, or flamethrower, to devastating use against the Allies. ... it was called simply the World War or the Great War, and thereafter the First World ..... Soldiers were in fear of these while they just sat in their trenches. ...... The Nazis tried to recruit British ss volunteers from Pows.
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who's who - oveta culp hobby - HoustonHistory.com | 178 Years of ...  (1905-1995). Oveta Culp Hobby died over a two decades ago, but her legacy never will. ... Corps and was the first secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. ... in 1941, she was called upon to organize and head the Women's Army Corps (later ... Her stint as a cabinet member was short-lived, however.
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Jeopary Questions page 1962 - WORLD WAR II MOVIES ...  WORLD WAR II MOVIES: 1970: A bombardier desperately tries to prove his insanity in order to get out of bombing missions  ANCIENT TIMES: He founded his...
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Sweden during World War II - Wikipedia  Sweden maintained its policy of neutrality during World War II. When the war began on ... maintaining this stance throughout the entire war; these were Ireland, Portugal, .... Military spending in Sweden went from US$37 million in 1936, to $50 million in .... Despite several pleas from the Finnish government, the Swedish...
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Full text of "America In WW2 Dec 2012" - Internet Archive  Dec 2, 2012 ... Schulz  nicknamed Sparky after a horse in Barney Google strips .... WITH A BRICK AT THE NATIONAL WWII MUSEUM, you can create a lasting .... following when the army's Yank magazine featured her as its Pin-Up Girl in August 1944. ..... Opposite, right: In January 1942, a US Navy blimp drops a depth...
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Ruth Cowan - Women War Reporters - No Job For a Woman  From the outset of her reporting career in the 1920's, Ruth Cowan had all the ... the hot young reporter who was getting the goods for the United Press (UP). ... player, she dutifully reported these kinds of stories, but all the while she had her eye on ... U.S. government decided that in order to fight the Total War that was WWII,...
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Irish neutrality during World War II - Wikipedia  The policy of Irish neutrality during World War II was adopted by the Oireachtas at the instigation of the Taoiseach amon de Valera upon the outbreak of World War II in Europe. It was maintained throughout the conflict, in spite of several German air raids ... Despite the official position of neutrality, there were many unpublicised...
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Post World War II Part 1 - Sage American History  Dec 12, 2013 ... Post World War II America saw changes in everyday life scarcely imaginable in ... of the atomic bomb also produced information about the phenomenon of ... Another thing that was obviously true after the war was that the Depression was over. .... They were eager to marry and start families, and by 1946 the...
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Books of The Times - Letters From Havel in a Czech Prison to His Wife  Mar 31, 1988 ... LEAD: Letters to Olga June 1979 - September 1982 By Vaclav Havel Translated by Paul Wilson 397 pages. Alfred A. Knopf. $25.
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The Oveta Culp Hobby Papers - University of Texas Libraries  Oveta attended the public schools of Killeen and learned from her family the ... father's term in Austin, she graduated from Temple High School high in her class. ... Oveta Culp knew former governor William Pettus Hobby because he was her ..... 5, International Women's Media Conference, Washington, D.C., November 1986.
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World War II: Before the War - The Atlantic  Jun 19, 2011 ... The Spanish Civil War broke out in 1936, becoming a rehearsal of sorts for the ... In the last few pre-war years, Nazi Germany blazed the path to conflict .... is shown as he addressed the nation by radio from the White House in Washington, Sept. .... In 1944 alone, over 25,000 fighter planes were built. #.
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1000+ images about Trmmerfrau on Pinterest | Postwar, East ...  The so-called Trmmerfrauen, or rubble women, worked with their bare ... in the aftermath of World War II, helped clear and reconstruct the bombed cities of Germany and Austria. ... Rubble Women, the unsung heroes of WWII's aftermath. ...... capital, it became increasingly clear that the Allies would win the war in Europe.
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All kinds of protection. #vintage #1940s #WW2 | Femmes en Guerre ...  #vintage #1940s #WW2 | See more about Gas Masks, Masks and Wwii. ... 1930s-40s Betty Grable on skates Fashion photo by Herman Landshoff, Junior Bazaar, 1946 ..... The photograph is known under various titles, such as V-J Day in Times ...... with one little girl posing with her prized dolly - (by depthandtime, via Flickr).