Creation Date
circa 1944-1945
Preview
Description
Black and white portrait of Lydia T. (Truc) Franz in uniform, circa 1944. Low-resolution jpg. Franz was born January 11, 1924, in Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of Walter and Lydia (Kralovec) Truc. She joined the Women's Army Corps July 19, 1944, and served at Arlington Hall, Virginia as a cryptanalyst deciphering Japanese code during World War II. She died in Owls Head, Maine, February 11, 2008.
Topic
Women in the Military
Collection
MF144
Series Number
NA3230
Identifier
p14543
Recommended Citation
"Lydia T. (Truc) Franz" (2023). Northeast Archives of Folklore and Oral History Image Gallery. 274.
https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/nafoh_gallery/274
Rights and Access Note
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Existence and Location of Originals
Located at the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress: AFC 2012/047 https://lccn.loc.gov/2013655211.
Keywords
Women in the Military, World War II, Female soldiers, Code Breakers, Cryptanalysis
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