Army Service
            ForcesEuropean Theater of Operations Shoulder PatchWAC 3341st Signal Service Battalion Signal Corps Enlisted
              Collar Devicea

and

WAC Detachment, Headquarters Command, European Theater of Operations
LEFT: Army Services Forces, ETO shoulder patches; RIGHT: Signal Corps Enlisted Collar Devices


Awards:

Meritorious Unit Commendation, WAC Detachment, Headquarters Command, European Theater of Operations,1 Dec 44-1 Jun 45,

1944

July 14: WAC Detachment was deployed to Normandy on July 14, 1944.

The area of Valognes including Tamerville was the first Continental Europe Headquarters of the Communications Zone.

WAC Detachment, Headquarters Command, European Theater of Operations at the U.S. Army Signal Center, Communication Zone Area Number 1.
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Valognes
September 6: Switchboard Operators: PFC Mary Koval of St Louis, Mo.; PFC Evelyn T. Young of Heldingford, Minn.; PFC Mary R. Fielder of Greenbrier, Ark. ; PFC Florence A. Borlow of New York, N.Y. ; PVT Guadalupe Torres of Los Angeles, Calif.; and FC Laura Knoepfli of Prague, Okla.
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Interior
September 6, Switchboard Operators Pvt Agnes J. Bittner of Pittsburgh, PA; Pvt C.M. Goldie of Detroit, Mich; Pfc N.L. Rippie from McAllister, Okla.; Sgt Laxie M. Vause of Rocky Mount, N.C; Pvt Dolores Kraeske from Tampa, Fla.; and Pfc Iris Johnson of Montrose, Scotland, United-Kingdom inside a wooden barracks at the communications center in Valognes.

Equipment: a central telephone set TC-10 (doubled) composed of a BD-110A switchboard (x3), 1 BD-132A panel (relay), 1 Cabinet BE-72, 3 FM FM-19 frames, 2 PE Power Units -75 and 4 BB-46 Batteries;

Equipment installed by the 3112th Signal Service Battalion.

The exact location of this site in the Valognes area has not been identified.
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Outside
Undated. Switchboard operators PFC Julia L. Knoepfli and Pvt Helen Braun of St Louis, Missouri outside of Castle of Servigny in Yvetot-Bocage southwest of Valgones. France.

Unknown if these soldiers were touring Castle of Servigny or if Area 1 was location on the grounds of Castle of Servigny.

December: WAC Detachment attached to the WAC 3341st Signal Service Battalion in Paris.

Personnel
WAC 3341st Signal Service Battalion
Minnie Hampton
Minnie Hampton

For more information:

WAAC - WAC 1942-1944 Historical Section, Headquarters ETO

The Signal Corps: The outcome (mid-1943 through 1945) page 145.

Georges Dennebouy researched the correct name of Castle of Servigny in Yvetot-Bocage southwest of Valgones. France.

Lori Berdak Miller of Redbird Research provided research assistance in unit identification.

Cha Phils assisted in unit identification and location of the photo of two switchboard operators at Castle of Servigny.

Govan Yee assisted in the research of the photo of the interior of Castle of Servigny.
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