Fort Lee in Prince George County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)
Women's Army Corps Training Center
Photographed By Bernard Fisher, October 16, 2016
1. Women's Army Corps Training Center Marker
The Women’s Army Corps (WAC) Training Center was established at nearby Camp Lee in 1948, when the corps gained Regular Army status. The first staff members transformed overgrown fields and dilapidated buildings into usable facilities. Run entirely by women, the center offered basic training, specialty training, and officer courses. Gen. Omar Bradley and U.S. Rep. Edith Nourse Rogers visited WACs at the base, designated Fort Lee in 1950. The feature film Never Wave at a WAC (1953), starring Rosalind Russell, was filmed here. About 30,000 WACs were trained at the center before it moved to Fort McClellan, Alabama, in 1954.Erected 2015 by Department of Historic Resources. (Marker Number K-219.)
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Education • War, Cold • Women. In addition, it is included in the Virginia Department of Historic Resources series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1948.
Location. 37° 14.605′ N, 77° 21.123′ W. Marker is in Fort Lee, Virginia, in Prince George
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. City Point and Hopewell (here, next to this marker); Jordan Family Cemetery (approx. 0.2 miles away); Confederate Battery 6 (approx. 0.2 miles away); The Siege of Petersburg (approx. ¼ mile away); Prelude to Petersburg (approx. ¼ mile away); Stephen Tyng Mather (approx. ¼ mile away); Siege of Petersburg — Grant's First Offensive (approx. ¼ mile away); Battery 5 Trail (approx. ¼ mile away).
Photographed By Bernard Fisher, October 16, 2016
2. Women's Army Corps Training Center Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on July 8, 2021. It was originally submitted on October 16, 2016, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia. This page has been viewed 297 times since then and 35 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on October 16, 2016, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia.
