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CAPTAIN FLORENCE WICK
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In February 1944 in Yakima, Washington, Flo Wick read a Life Magazine article about the A.R.C. women in England. It described the volunteers as "handpicked for looks, education, personality and experience in recreational fields. They are hardy physically and have a sociable, friendly manner."
Qualifications included two years of college education and being 25-35 years of age, upbeat attitude, social skills, and good health. Women were chosen mostly for attractiveness; having the well-scrubbed appearance of the girl next door and nearly all were unmarried. Flo Wick was 30 in 1944.
Flo met the minimum qualifications except for the college education. But Flo had mastered a stenographer's skill on the job that she would use throughout her life: she knew how to write a convincing letter. She was accepted and offered a position for $150 a month. She went on to serve the A.R.C. through Italy, France, Germany, Austria and in support of the Army of Occupation.
photo: courtesy Molly Martin/Florence Wick
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