Violet Caroline Bascik Smolek Collection

Biographical Information

Name:

Violet Caroline Bascik Smolek

State of Birth:

MI

Home State:

MI

Note

Veteran's biographical form lists race/ethnicity as Polish.

Gender

Female

Race

Other

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War or Conflict

World War, 1939-1945

Military Status

Veteran

Dates of Service

1944-1946

Entrance into Service

Enlisted

Branch of Service

WAC (Women's Army Corps)

Unit of Service

1st WAC Special Services

Location of Service

European Theater; Paris, France; Berchtesgaden, Germany; El Paso, Texas

Highest Rank

Corporal

Prisoner of War

No

Service History Note

Th veteran served as the first medical artist WAC and worked with plastic surgeons in William Beaumont Hospital, El Paso, Texas.

Collection Information

Type of Resource:

Video: MiniDV [1 item] -- Oral history interview

Photograph: Digital print [1 item] -- Photograph

Manuscript: Creative works [81 items] -- Handwritten document

Interviewer:

Nancy Mitchell

Interviewer:

Ellen K. Donnelly

Contributor Affiliation/Organization:

Library of Congress

Collection #:

AFC/2001/001/60717

Subjects:

Smolek, Violet Caroline Bascik

World War, 1939-1945--Personal Narratives

United States. Army. Women's Army Corps.

Cite as:

Violet Caroline Bascik Smolek Collection
(AFC/2001/001/60717), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress