70 Pct. Of Iowa WACs From Fighting Families
A survey of approximately 70 per cent of the total Iowa WAC enlistment reveals its close integration with the war effort through service of members overseas and in this county, and through other members of their families.
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Cpl. Mary Balaban of Ventura, whose father served in the Russian army during the Russo-Japanese war, is now on duty as a clerk in the classification section at Fort Riley, Kansas. She had special training in the army administrative school. Her father is V.P. Balaban of Ventura.
Source: Globe-Gazette, Mason City IA - December 18, 1943
FURLOUGH ENDS -- Cpl. Mary Balaban, WAC stationed at Fort Riley, Kans., returned to camp after a 14-day furlough with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. V.P. Balaban, at Ventura. She is a mail clerk and field clerk at Fort Riley.
Source: Globe-Gazette, Mason City IA - May 15, 1944 (photo included)
