Colonel Dorotha J. Garrison

Colonel Garrison served as Commanding Officer of WAC (Women's Army Corps) Center, prior to her 1972 retirement.

In 1974, Colonel Garrison completed the painting, Hyacinths, and a drawing of a cat. I am making them available, for sale.

I had hoped to use these artworks, actually created by Colonel Garrison, in a script (movie or play) about the Women's Army Corps.

When I bought the artworks I, likely, saved them from being lost. I hope to find a new owner for the artworks who will preserve and protect them as a testament to Colonel Dorotha J. Garrison's life, times, and the collective achievements of Colonel Garrison and *all the women that served in the Women's Army Corps.

Far too many of this nation's heroes have, historically, gone unsung. Colonel Dorotha J. Garrison is a good example of, both, a hero and a pioneer. In an unwavering spirit of service and commitment to her country, Colonel Garrison also holds the distinction of being the only reserve officer ever to command WAC Center.

Reclamation Project of the Papaloapan River Basin in Mexico was written by Dorotha J. Garrison, in 1950, during the time that she was teaching at Madison College in Harrisonburg, Virginia. WAC Center moved from Fort Lee, Virginia to Fort McClellan, Alabama, where Colonel Garrison would rise to the position of Commanding Officer, in 1954.

Without a doubt, particularly for some of Dorotha J. Garrison's female contemporaries, life largely revealed itself, perhaps, figuratively, to be a battlefield.

For the woman who was Colonel Garrison, though, I imagine there was less, if any, respite. I expect it was necessary for Colonel Garrison to, near constantly, be mindful of the battlefield, literal and figurative, that encompassed her exceptional life.

Further, I can not escape the conclusion that to be present with Dorotha J. Garrison, of the U.S. Army, whether in the throes of Korea, acting in concert with the UNC (United Nations Command), or in the throes of Vietnam, at decisive times, all those years ago, would have been to witness, concurrently, a certain vigor (effort, energy).

Plainly, the Colonel can no longer stand, alive, vital, in action, here, with us. It's very good, therefore, I believe, to fight, speaking figuratively, for the honor of Colonel Dorotha J. Garrison, in a concerted effort to achieve an outcome affirming works of art she completed should be revered, should be celebrated, and should be extraordinarily valued.

Dorotha J. Garrison, almost, by the mere act of stepping forward to serve during the time, within the "environment", she did, completed work of virtually inestimable worth in service to this nation, in service to the United States of America. Works of art she completed befit a legacy that is exceptional.

Thus, considering the totality of who Colonel Dorotha J. Garrison was, and the environment in which she became who she was, I must say that which is tangible and vivid of her legacy is precious and worthy of preservation. precious · of great value; not to be ... treated carelessly

The Colonel, if she were alive today, would be greatly encouraged, I believe, to see "Hyacinths" do as well as Pablo Picasso's "Femme au béret et à la robe quadrillée" did, in 2018, over 3/4 of a century after brush was first put to its canvas.

If it is within your power, therefore, I ask you to lift that which is an integral part of the legacy of a giant above nothingness, which threatens to envelope it.

*Approximately 150,000 women served, during World War II alone, in the corps. The expectation had been, however, that only about 11,000 women would enlist in the corps.

Hyacinths