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Totally G.I. is a woman's historical World Warfare II memoir produced from an actual collection of letters and Vmail. Wanda served in the 149th WAAC Post Hq. Co., the first band of Womens Auxiliary Army Corps (WAAC) during World Warfare II to be sent overseas. "Strictly G.I." is a word my grandmother used to spell it out herself. She advanced quickly in the rates, and shared her proudest occasions in the letters, beginning with her initial training in Des Moines to marches before the basic in North Africa. She also stocks more humorous occasions and interesting observations. Here is a quote from one Vmail: "We have a radio inside our room and if we get a short wave train station from the claims, it makes a person stop and think. You do not know - you can't possibly know what war is really - in all truth." These historical letters have been transcribed in chronological order. Also included are a ahead and postscript from Wanda's granddaughter. The letters have never been published until now. The letters report Wanda's training in 1942 at Fort Des Moines, Iowa to the dispatch of her product overseas to French North Africa. Wanda's portrayal of life as a teletypist is energetic and descriptive. The letters also track record her point of view of the media's portrayal of the WAACs. Also unfolding in the letters is her concern for her male counterparts, and her growing devotion for just one special soldier. Women in America will be motivated Wanda's witt and resilience. Unlike servicemen, the auxiliaries could not receive international pay or federal life insurance. If they became sick or wounded, they might not receive veterans' hospitalization. If they were killed, their parents received no fatality gratuity. Enjoy this first person bank account of WWII from the point of view of an hard-working and very human girl soldier.
