WAAC Officers Go Shopping
Soon after their arrival at Fort Huachuca, Arizona, WAAC officers Vera Harrison and Irma J. Cayton go shopping for lamps
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Author: Margie Bedell-Burke
First WAAC Officer Candidate Class
WAAC Capt. Charity Adams of Columbia, NC, who was commissioned from the first officer candidate class, and the first of
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WWII Army Nurses Attend Classroom Lecture
U.S. Army nurses are taking notes during a lecture in a classroom at the Army Nurse Training Center in England.
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6888th Postal Battalion Holds Open House
The first African American WACs to arrive on the continent of Europe during World War II were 800 women of
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WACs at Fort McClellan Bowling Alley
The Bowling Alleys at Fort McClellan, Alabama, are well patronized by members of WAC Det #2 in their off-duty hours.
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Army Nurses in New Guinea Surgical Ward
Surgical ward treatment at the 268th Station Hospital, Base A, Milne Bay, New Guinea. Left to right: Sgt. Lawrence McKreever,
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First Overseas African American WACs Undergo Inspection
Somewhere in England, Maj. Charity E. Adams and Capt. Abbie N. Campbell inspect the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, the
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WAC Conducts Experiment in Hospital Serology Lab
Pfc. Johnnie Mae Welton, African American WAC and laboratory technician trainee, conducts an experiment in the serology laboratory of the
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Marian Anderson Entertains Overseas Veterans and WACs
Marian Anderson, world’s greatest contralto, entertains a group of overseas veterans and WACs on the stage of the San Antonio
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Chaplain Reads Benediction at WAC Wedding
Chaplain William T. Green reads the benediction at the marriage ceremony of Pfc. Florence A. Collins, a WAC of the
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