Author: Margie Bedell-Burke

Army WACs 

WAAC Lieutenant Lights Cigar for Her Father

December 22, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments Army WAAC, Camp Atterbury, cigar, commanding officer, Indiana, lieutenant, WAAC officers

2nd Lieutenant Mary L. Porter of the 44th WAAC Post Headquarters Company (later Headquarters Section, 3561st Service Unit, Women’s Army

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Army WACs 

African-American WACs at Camp Atterbury, Indiana

December 22, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments african american, Army WAACs, Camp Atterbury, desk, Indiana, office, Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps

The eight members of the enlisted administrative force of the Medical Section, 3561st Service Unit of the Women’s Army Auxiliary

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Army WACs 

WAC and Soldier with Four Freedoms Posters

December 22, 2017December 22, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments army wac, Camp Atterbury, Indiana, Norman Rockwell, posters, soldier, WAC

T/5 Norma Boudreau of the 3561st Service Unit, Women’s Army Corps (WAC) and Sergeant Louis Dovilla of the Headquarters Section,

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Army WACs 

WAC Corporal Answering Telephone

December 22, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments army wac, Camp Atterbury, corporal, desk, Indiana, office, telephone

At Camp Atterbury, Indiana, Corporal Frances Thomas of Headquarters Section, 3561st Service Unit, Women’s Army Corps, answers the telephone at

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Army WACs 

WAC Corporal at Camp Atterbury, Indiana

December 22, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments army wac, Camp Atterbury, corporal, desk, Indiana

Corporal Frances Thomas of Headquarters Section, 3561st Service Unit, Women’s Army Corps, sitting at her desk at Camp Atterbury, Indiana.

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Army WACs 

Farewell to WACs Leaving for Officer Candidate School

December 22, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments Army WACs, Camp Atterbury, car, convertible, Des Moines, Indiana, iowa, OCS, Officer Candidate School

Members of the Women’s Army Corps (WAC) saying goodbye to three servicewomen leaving Camp Atterbury, Indiana, for Officer Candidate’s School

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Army WACs 

WACs Leaving for Officer Candidate School

December 22, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments Army WACs, Camp Atterbury, car, convertible, Des Moines, Indiana, iowa, OCS, Officer Candidate School, wac officer

Three Women’s Army Corps (WAC) servicewomen leaving Camp Atterbury, Indiana, for Officer Candidate School (OCS) at Ft. Des Moines, Iowa,

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Red Cross 

American Red Cross “Gray Ladies” Graduating Class

December 22, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments American Red Cross, Camp Atterbury, class photo, graduation, gray ladies, group photo, Indiana, volunteers

Group photograph of the “Gray Ladies”, 38 of whom received certificates at the Post Hospital of Camp Atterbury on July

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WAC Headquarters Section Passing in Review

December 21, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments Army WACs, Camp Atterbury, Indiana, inspectors, marching, passing in review, WACs marching

Headquarters Section of the 3561st Service Unit, Women’s Army Corps (WAC) passing inspecting officers in review at Camp Atterbury, Indiana

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WACs Sworn in at Camp Atterbury, Indiana

December 21, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments Army WAACs, Army WACs, Camp Atterbury, ceremony, Indiana, oath, swearing in

Members of the Headquarters Section, 3561st Service Unit at their formal oath-taking ceremony admitting them into the Women’s Army Corps

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