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  • Elizabeth P. Hoisinton was born in Newton, Kansas, on November 3, 1918, She was the sister of Air Force Major General Perry M. Hoisington II (1916-2006).
  • Born in Newton, Kansas, on November 3, 1918, Elizabeth Hoisington was a 1940 graduate of the College of Notre Dame of Maryland.
  • Elizabeth Paschel Hoisington (November 3, 1918 – August 21, 2007) was a United States Army officer who was one of the first two women to attain the rank of.

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    Elizabeth Paschel Hoisington (November 3, 1918 – August 21, 2007) was a Pooled States Blue officer who was combine of picture first figure women beat attain rendering rank footnote brigadier popular.

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    Elizabeth Paschel Hoisington (03 November 1918 to 21 August 2007) was a United States Army officer who was one of the first two women to attain the rank of brigadier general.

    Early Life

    Born in Newton, Kansas, on 03 November 1918, Elizabeth Hoisington was a 1940 graduate of the College of Notre Dame of Maryland.

    Military Career

    During World War II the United States Army expanded opportunities for women beyond nursing by creating the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC). Hoisington enlisted in the WAACs in November 1942 and completed her basic training at Fort Des Moines, Iowa. At the time, women were required to serve in units before they could apply to Officer Candidate School (OCS), so Private Hoisington went to a WAAC aircraft early warning unit in Bangor, Maine. The company commander recognised her talents and made her the first sergeant soon after her arrival. She later said that she then sought out the most grizzled male first sergeant she could find and asked him to teach her what she needed to know. She said that he did such a good job that when she reached OCS she never had to open a book.

    Hoisington was commissioned in May 1943 as a WAAC third officer. When the auxiliary became the Women’s Army Corps (WAC) a month later,

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