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New recruits of WAACS sworn in. Part of a class of sixteen young women sworn into the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps by Major Ina M. McFadden, recruiting officer for the Washington Military District, Thursday evening, January 7, at a public ceremony at the Cordoza High School. Those sworn into the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps and now awaiting call to active duty are: Misses Neppie Stoker Anderson, Joye Pamela Arnold, Elizabeth Orlean Garrett, Juanita Greene, Elsie Givens, Farieta Hall, Lillie B. Harrison, Marie Humphrey, Nancy McCall, Evelyn F. Overton, Isabelle Peterson, Mittie Lee Thomas, Grace Elizabeth Thompson, Jeanne Cecelia Webster, Catherine Geneva Brown and Ernestine Louise Woods. A drive for 150 Negro recruits from the Military District of Washington is now in progress, Major McFadden announced

A black and white photo of a group of men in uniform - FSA / Office of War Information Photograph

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps officers review girl cadets. In competitive drill contest among the girl cadets at Dunbar High School, Washington, D.C., Company C, under command of Captain Crystal Malone, was adjudged the best of three companies by a distinguished group of judges which included Lieutenant James Chambers of Fort Huachuca, Arizona. First Officer Harriet West, Second Officer Mildred Osby and Second Officer Ina Mae McFadden of the WAACs; Miss Julia Brooks, assistant principal of Dunbar High School; Captain Cornelius King, Cadet Corps instructor, and Lieutenant H.O. Atwwod, chief of Military Science and Tactics Department of the Colored High Schools in Washington, D.C.

Review girl cadets at Dunbar High School. Military drill has become an important part of the curriculum at Dunbar High School, Washington, D.C., for girls as well as for boys. In a recent competitive drill, Company C, under command of Captain Crystal Malone, was adjudged the outstanding military unit among the girls of the school. Photo shows the judges saluting the winning company following a review. Left to right: Lieutenant James Chambers of Fort Huachuca, Arizona; First Officer Harriet West; Second Officer Mildred Osby and Second Officer Ina Mae McFadden of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC); Miss Julia Brooks, assistant principal of Dunbar High School; Captain Cornelius King, Cadet Corps instructor and Lieutenant H.O. Atwood, chief of Military Science and Tactics Department of the Colored High Schools of Washington

National Veteran's Employment Committee of the American Legion. Seated, L-R: Jack Crowley of Vermont, Nat'l Chairman of Vet. Emp. Comm.; Mrs. Ada Mucklestone of Ill., National Chairman of the American Legion Auxiliary; Paul H. Griffith, (D.C.), National Director of Re-Employment. Standing, L-R: ..., F. Regan of N.J.; William D. Reilly of Kansas; Roy S. Stockton of California; Spencer Boise of North Dakota; James W. Hammond of Kentucky; Harold P. Redden of Massachusetts. Attending conferences at the Hamilton Hotel about securing employment for World War Veterans

Review girl cadets at Dunbar High School. Military drill has become an important part of the curriculum at Dunbar High School, Washington, D.C., for girls as well as for boys. In a recent competitive drill, Company C, under command of Captain Crystal Malone, was adjudged the outstanding military unit among the girls of the school. Photo shows the judges saluting the winning company following a review. Left to right: Lieutenant James Chambers of Fort Huachuca, Arizona; First Officer Harriet West; Second Officer Mildred Osby and Second Officer Ina Mae McFadden of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC); Miss Julia Brooks, assistant principal of Dunbar High School; Captain Cornelius King, Cadet Corps instructor and Lieutenant H.O. Atwood, chief of Military Science and Tactics Department of the Colored High Schools of Washington

Montgomery Blair High school Victory Corps. Gold braid and official titles decorated the training field at Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring, Maryland, when Army, Navy, and civilian officers reviewed the Victory Corps maneuvers. Left to right: Merwin M. Peake, Chief, Pre-Induction Training Section, Civilian Personnel Division, Services of Supply, U.S.; John Lund, Executive Director, U.S. Office of Education Wartime Commission; John W. Studebaker, U.S. Commissioner of Education; Lieutenant Colonel Junius R. Smith, Executive Officer of Manpower Branch, Civilian Personnel Division, War Department; Lieutenant Colonel Harley B. West, member High School Victory Corps National Policy Committee; Major Harold W. Kent, Bureau of Public Relations, War Department; Flight Lieutenant Roald Dahl, Assistant Air Attache, British Embassy; Squadron Leader Ben Travers, Royal Air Force; Commander Harry Blaine Miller, U.S. Navy; Major Francis Parkman, member High School Victory Corps National Policy Committee

Acting Secretary of the Army The Honorable Joseph W. Westphal, PH.D makes a speech during the Opening and Dedication Ceremony for the Army Womens Museum at Fort Lee, Virginia. Pictured on the podium left-to-right are Brigadier General (BGEN) Elizabeth P. Hoisington, US Army, Retired; Sergeant Major of the Army (CSMA) Jack L. Tilley; Major General (MGEN) Hawthorne L. Proctor, USA, Commanding General USA Quartermasters Center and School (QMC&S); Colonel (COL) Bettie J. Morden, USA, Retired and Museum President; Chaplain Colonel (COL) Dickison Buzby; Colonel (COL) Mary A. Hallaren, USA, Retired; and Museum Director Ms, Jerry Gurgess

US Army (USA) Lieutenant General (LGEN) Steven W. Boutelle (left), USA CHIEF Information Officer (G-6); Major General (MGEN) Janet Hicks (center), the outgoing Commanding General (CG), US Army Signal Center & Fort Gordon (USASC & FG); and a General Dynamics contractor dignitary (right) all hold a large pair of scissors to the cut the red, white, and blue ribbon during the grand opening celebration of the new Joint Network Node (JNN) Network Training Facility (JNNTF), at the General Dynamics C4 Systems Resident School, in Brant Hall, Fort Gordon, Georgia (GA). The JNNTF is designed to prepare USA Signal Corps Soldiers for the next generation of battlefield communications to deliver...

New recruits of WAACS sworn in. Part of a class of sixteen young women sworn into the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps by Major Ina M. McFadden, recruiting officer for the Washington Military District, Thursday evening, January 7, at a public ceremony at the Cordoza High School. Those sworn into the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps and now awaiting call to active duty are: Misses Neppie Stoker Anderson, Joye Pamela Arnold, Elizabeth Orlean Garrett, Juanita Greene, Elsie Givens, Farieta Hall, Lillie B. Harrison, Marie Humphrey, Nancy McCall, Evelyn F. Overton, Isabelle Peterson, Mittie Lee Thomas, Grace Elizabeth Thompson, Jeanne Cecelia Webster, Catherine Geneva Brown and Ernestine Louise Woods. A drive for 150 Negro recruits from the Military District of Washington is now in progress, Major McFadden announced

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Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches).

Title and other information from caption card.

Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.

More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi

Film copy on SIS roll 32, frame 750.

Large WWII photograph collection made with aid of image recognition.

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district of columbia washington dc safety film negatives lot 1904 roger smith united states office of war information photo women army auxiliary corps washington military district major mcfadden military district misses neppie stoker anderson elizabeth orlean garrett grace elizabeth thompson office of war information farm security administration race relations united states history african americans home front wwii military uniforms world war 2 library of congress
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Armies in World War 2

Photograhs of the largest military conflict in history
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Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. A fast friendship developed between these two civil service employees in the assembly and repairs department of the naval air base in Corpus Christi, Texas

Kamp overzicht, Bestanddeelnr 903-5278

Republic of Ezo members - Public domain historic place print

Bar Harbor, Maine. Civil Air Patrol base headquarters of coastal patrol no. 20. Pilot and observer who bought their own plane and flew it in from Wisconsin to join the patrol

Dr. Charles E. Sawyer. White House, Washington, D.C.

Fair employment practices in defense industries. A poster distributed by the OEM (Office of Emergency Management) Labor Division and the President's Committe on Fair Employment Practice to war plants and employment offices throughout the United States

Carlisle, Pennsylvania. U.S. Army medical field service school. Army doctors learning to salute

Bar Harbor, Maine. Civil Air Patrol base headquarters of coastal patrol no. 20. Personnel of the 20th submarine patrol at inspection

Fort Knox. Maintenance of mechanized equipment. Army trucks and other vehicles at Fort Knox, Kentucky, are checked thoroughly, and at regular intervals. Wherever possible, motorized military equipment is maintained in constant tip top shape, instantly ready for strenuous action

Production. Jeep engines. This grinding machine in a Midwest plant is doing yeoman service in the production of jeep engines for the Army. Continental Motors, Michigan

Reciprocal aid. Two sergeants from Texas, Sergeant A. Baker and Technical Sergeant Roy Hill, carry a string of British bullets over their shoulders to a British Spitfire. American and British air forces work side by side in the European theatre, with British furnishing important supplies and equipment under the Reciprocal Aid Program

Fort Benning. Parachute troops. Picture of a man doing a good job. He's one of Uncle Sam's student paratroopers at Fort Benning, Georgia, but the way he's getting his chute under control would be credit to an oldtimer. A few minutes ago this man bailed out of a high-speed plane at a point calculated to bring him to the spot where he is landing. Good work, soldier

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district of columbia washington dc safety film negatives lot 1904 roger smith united states office of war information photo women army auxiliary corps washington military district major mcfadden military district misses neppie stoker anderson elizabeth orlean garrett grace elizabeth thompson office of war information farm security administration race relations united states history african americans home front wwii military uniforms world war 2 library of congress