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
Summary
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.
Tags
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
Date
01/01/1943
in collections
Location
district of columbia
Source
Library of Congress
Link
Copyright info
Public Domain