Author: taneya@gmail.com

While doing some searching in Google News Archive I discovered an article about Craven County native, General Mildred Caroon Bailey.

General Bailey was the third woman to reach the rank of General in the United States Army.  She was director of the Women’s Army Corps from 1971-1975.   Mildred was the daughter of Walter & Ruby Caroon and was born in Ft. Barnwell April 18, 1919.   She attended college at Flora McDonald College in Red Springs, NC for her first year of studies, then transferred to UNC-Greensboro (then known as the Women’s College of the University of North Carolina), graduating from there in 1940.

Upon reading she graduated from UNC-G, I went to go look for her yearbook photos and found the following from the 1938, 1939, 1940 annuals.

Mildred’s papers are held by the UNC-Greensboro Archives & Manuscripts.  Brief details of the Caroon family are available in my database of North Carolina families.

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