Talk:Olive Borden

Sybil Tinkle.
Just wanted to thank Wikipedia for being the first resource directory to report that Olive's real name was not Sybil Tinkle. I have tried for years to get reference books, sites, ect. to correct this. Everything Wikipedia reported in this article is true and can be backed up through census records. I personally taked to Olive's cousin Natalie Joyce years ago and she said that Olive Borden was Olive's birth name. My question is what happened to the real Sybil Tinkle? I had heard rumors that she may have contracted TB while in California, but I could find no record of this. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.55.162.133 (talk • contribs) 2006-06-12t19:27:45z

Unsourced.
The article does not cite a single source for any information. I see the IMDb profile in external links, but everything else had to come from somewhere. Please cite the sources. Ytny 11:07, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
 * To add to the above, I see that a book is used as reference, but the facts still need to be sourced. Ytny 08:38, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

Photo.
I don't think that picture is Olive Borden. She was known for her jet black hair. The actress in the picture is a blonde.209.244.187.237 18:56, 21 March 2007 (UTC)


 * She is wearing a wig. It is her. 75.137.183.209 02:40, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

Army service
...she received an Army citation for bravery in turning over an enemy ammunition truck.
 * Where was she posted on active service? Valetude (talk) 23:39, 6 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Of the two biographies on her, neither differentiate between European or Pacific theater, nor state where she was posted. One does give where she went to boot in Iowa. Jennablurrs 7575 (talk) 01:18, 7 December 2020 (UTC)
 * I recently published a novel about her called "Joy Girl." For this, I ordered her military file, and she was never posted anywhere.
 * In fact, she was kicked out of the WAAC/WACs for disciplinary problems (she had an episode where she mixed Nembutal and alcohol and ended up at Walter Reed, also for hiding alcohol in her area of the barracks). After which, she drifted further into poverty and alcoholism. Her military file is #A201285, ordered from the National Military Personnel Records Center in St. Louis, MO. To my knowledge, my research that appears in the novel is the first time this information has been revealed. 2001:56A:F3CD:F300:D938:F9D4:F417:BC4C (talk) 23:55, 25 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Actually, I misspoke. From Fort Des Moines, where she went for Basic Training, she was posted to Bolling Field, in Washington, DC. She arrived in Iowa in January of 1943, went to Bolling in February of 1943, and was dismissed in May of 1943. 2001:56A:F3CD:F300:4D8E:A884:16F:9BFA (talk) 10:38, 26 April 2024 (UTC)