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

Inscription. 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 (DHR) 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 County. It is at the intersection of Oaklawn Boulevard (Virginia Route 36) and

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Lee Avenue, on the right when traveling east on Oaklawn Boulevard. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Fort Lee VA 23801, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Coastal Virginia.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

in the Tidewater,

and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

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); Prelude to Petersburg (approx. ¼ mile away); a different marker also named The Siege of Petersburg (approx. ¼ mile away); Stephen Tyng Mather (approx. ¼ mile away); Battery 5 Trail (approx. ¼ mile away); Siege of Petersburg — Grant's First Offensive (approx. ¼ mile away);

Photographed by Bernard Fisher, October 16, 2016

2. Women's Army Corps Training Center Marker

Artillery at Petersburg (approx. ¼ mile away).

Other markers no longer nearby. Confederate Battery 6 (was approx. 0.2 miles away but has been permanently removed); The Siege of Petersburg (was approx. ¼ mile away but has been replaced with another marker now near it); a different marker also named Battery 5 Trail (was approx. ¼ mile away but has been replaced with another marker now near it).

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 844 times since then and 34 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on October 16, 2016, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia.