Title taken from caption. "28 Apr 45. WAC (Women's Army Corps) postal clerks." The war time Army had been scattered around the world, and as a result Women's Army Corps did perform a myraid of services, such as forwarding and censoring mail and...
Title taken from caption. "28 Apr 45. WAC postal clerk."
Congress opened hearings in March 1943 on the conversion of the WAAC (Women's Army Auxiliary Corps) into the Regular Army. The WAC bill was signed into law some four months...
Title taken from caption. "28 Apr 45. WAC (Women's Army Corps) specialist & public relations officer." Notice the portraits of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill placed prominently on the wall.
Title taken from caption. "Harry Tyler, a bit player from Hollywood, touring the Aleutian[s] with the Allen Jenkins USO show, gave a few time-proven tips to amateurs Pvt. Ruth Faulkner, St. Louis, Mo.; Pvt. Bette Esgro, Denver Dol.; and Pvt....
Title taken from caption. "The entire group of contestants in the All-Alaska Talent Contest poses for a picture. Although the three WACs were part of the show, their efforts were noncompetitive. They were the first WACs to set foot on an...
03 More military training (3:36 min.) (03 of 09) Pearl went to Sweetwater, Texas, to train with the Women's Air Corps. She heard that there was a need for pilots in Alaska. In 1944, she headed to Fairbanks, Alaska. She got stuck in Seattle...
Title taken from caption. "14 July 1945, Y.T. Ladd Field WAF softball team. Top row, L to R: Pat Smith, Pfc. Natalie Walsh, Lt. Betty Ellen (1st base), Cpl. Helen Baumel, Cpl. Mary Ellen Wolfe, Pfc. Margaret Baker. Middle row: Cpl. Betty...
Title taken from caption. "Shemya, Alaska, June, 1945. Air Corps Squadron Mess hall." In this picture, a women officer is sitting in the messhall, talking with soldiers (men) during a meal.