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British, French and American soldiers seated with W.A.A.C.s on the sands watching French kiddies building sand castles

British, French and American soldiers seated with W.A.A.C.s on the san...

Soldiers and WAACs watching French children playing in the sand, in France, during World War I. This photograph brings together men, women and children from several countries, as they relax in their deckchairs ... More

The WAACs marching in London at the end of World War I, 1918

The WAACs marching in London at the end of World War I, 1918

Photographer: Thomas Frederick Scales .The WAACs marching in London at the end of World War I, 1918.Dry plate glass negative .Reference No. 1/2-014074-G.Royal New Zealand Returned and Services' Association Coll... More

WAACs on parade, WAAC training center, Daytona Beach, Florida

WAACs on parade, WAAC training center, Daytona Beach, Florida

Picryl description: Public domain photo of vintage Florida postcard.

WAACS. Women's Army Auxiliary Corps in a classroom after their march drill, are taking up Organization of the Army. These WAACS are officer candidates, Fort Des Moines, Iowa, 1942

WAACS. Women's Army Auxiliary Corps in a classroom after their march d...

Picryl description: Public domain image of military training, armed forces fort, camp, exercise activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps. A scene in the WAAC squad room in Daytona Beach, Florida where members gather during leisure periods on Saturday afternoon. The WAACs are using local hotels for their quarters

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps. A scene in the WAAC squad room in Dayton...

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

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps. Some WAACs lean more toward the heavier work such as auxiliary Doris Johnson, of Leipic, Ohio, shown washing down a jeep. Fort Des Moines, Iowa

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps. Some WAACs lean more toward the heavier ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a worker, labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, 1930s, mid-20th-century industrial photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

WAACs (Women's Army Auxiliary Corps). Newly-arrived recruits being marched away from railway station at Fort Des Moines, Iowa

WAACs (Women's Army Auxiliary Corps). Newly-arrived recruits being mar...

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps. Third Officer Alice L. Kidwell, Saint Cloude, Minnesota, wearing the winter olive drab uniform of the WAACs

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps. Third Officer Alice L. Kidwell, Saint Cl...

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

WAACS. Women's Army Auxiliary Corps in a classroom after their march drill, are taking up Organization of the Army. These WAACS are officer candidates, Fort Des Moines, Iowa, 1942

WAACS. Women's Army Auxiliary Corps in a classroom after their march d...

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

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps. WAACs are shown in review as part of ceremonies of the first graduating class at Fort Des Moines, Iowa, 1942

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps. WAACs are shown in review as part of cer...

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

WAACs. In order to save themselves, as well as others who face the peril of shipwreck at sea, members of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps undergo an intensive training course at Daytona Beach, Florida. They learn to become proficient swimmers, but more than that, to rescue less fortunate ones and to employ emergency methods when they lack or lose life boats. These WAACS swim across the pool, using their inflated barracks bags as giant water wings

WAACs. In order to save themselves, as well as others who face the per...

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

WAACs. In order to save themselves, as well as others who face the peril of shipwreck at sea, members of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps undergo an intensive training course at Daytona Beach, Florida. They learn to become proficient swimmers, but more than that, to rescue less fortunate ones and to employ emergency methods when they lack or lose life boats. These WAACS swim across the pool, using their inflated barracks bags as giant water wings

WAACs. In order to save themselves, as well as others who face the per...

Public domain image of personnel, army, group of people in uniform, parade, historic place, military activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps. These three WAACs are shown with their gas masks on during gas mask drill. Fort Des Moines, Iowa

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps. These three WAACs are shown with their g...

Picryl description: Public domain image of military training, armed forces fort, camp, exercise activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps. WAACS on parade ground going through the company drill. The U.S. Army men who trained these WAACS say they are better marchers than men and take a lot of pride in the way the girls have caught on, Des Moines, Iowa, 1942

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps. WAACS on parade ground going through the...

Picryl description: Public domain image of military personnel, conscription, group of people in uniform, armed forces, infantry, war activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps. Some WAACs go right to the mess kitchen after march drill, as these three shown preparing food. Fort Des Moines, Iowa, 1942

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps. Some WAACs go right to the mess kitchen ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of food, dinner, grocery store, eating, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps. Dorma Mae Baldenecker, of Saint Paul Park, Minnesota, is shown blowing a morning call to assembly which begins the WAACS day of activities, Fort De Moines, Iowa, 1942

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps. Dorma Mae Baldenecker, of Saint Paul Par...

Picryl description: Public domain image of military training, armed forces fort, camp, exercise activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Uncle Sam's nieces. First photographs showing all four women's branches of the armed services in uniform. The photographs have been taken in compliance with a request to show the distinguishing features of each type of uniform and to aid the public in identifying each branch. Left to right: Second Lieutenant Doris Hyde of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, U.S. Army Nurse Corps; Ensign Mary E. Hill of Elizabeth City, North Carolina, U.S. Navy Nurse Corps; Lieutenant Marion R. Enright of Forest Hills, Long Island, New York, of the WAVES (Women Accepted to Voluntary Emergency Service); Lieutenant Alberta M. Holdsworth of Boston, Massachusetts, of the WAACs (Women's Army Auxiliary Corps). The photographs were taken at Washington, D.C.

Uncle Sam's nieces. First photographs showing all four women's branche...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a uniform, military personnel, armed forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps. WAACs at Daytona Beach, Florida, learn how to rescue floats. The float is made of wooden platform supported by inflated barracks tied beneath the platform. Careful swimming enables the rescuers to tow the victim to safety

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps. WAACs at Daytona Beach, Florida, learn h...

Public domain photograph of 1930s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps. The WAACs awaken with hearty appetites in their Florida training center and waste no time lining up for breakfast in the Osceola Hotel in Daytona Beach, Florida, which has been taken over to serve as quarters for them

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps. The WAACs awaken with hearty appetites i...

Public domain photograph of the United States military and military-industrial complex before World War Two, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

WAACs (Women's Army Auxiliary Corps). Newly-arrived recruits being marched away from railway station at Fort Des Moines, Iowa

WAACs (Women's Army Auxiliary Corps). Newly-arrived recruits being mar...

Picryl description: Public domain image of military personnel, army, group photograph, armed people in uniform, war inspection, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps. Third Officer Alice L. Kidwell, Saint Cloude, Minnesota, is one of a group of WAACs in Daytona Beach, Florida, who will instruct new recruits in water saftey

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps. Third Officer Alice L. Kidwell, Saint Cl...

Public domain photograph of the United States military and military-industrial complex before World War Two, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps. WAACs going through paces in calisthenics as part of the program for building up their bodies. Fort Des Moines, Iowa

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps. WAACs going through paces in calisthenic...

Picryl description: Public domain image of military training, armed forces fort, camp, exercise activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps. WAACS on parade ground going through the company drill. The U.S. Army men who trained these WAACS say they are better marchers than men and take a lot of pride in the way the girls have caught on, Des Moines, Iowa, 1942

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps. WAACS on parade ground going through the...

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

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps. Clare H. Pirie of Hollywood, California, in foreground is operating this switchboard part of the communication course for WAACs. Fort Des Moines, Iowa

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps. Clare H. Pirie of Hollywood, California,...

Public domain photograph of California in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps. WAACs are shown answering call to assembly. Fort Des Moines, Iowa, 1942

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps. WAACs are shown answering call to assemb...

Picryl description: Public domain image of military training, armed forces fort, camp, exercise activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Photograph of Female Officers, the "Fighting French," WAACs

Photograph of Female Officers, the "Fighting French," WAACs

Historic Photograph File of National Archives Events and Personnel Public domain photograph related to history of the US National Archives, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

New recruits of WAACS sworn in. Part of a class of sixteen young women...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a uniform, military personnel, armed forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Holabird ordnance depot, Baltimore, Maryland. A group of WAACS (Women's Auxiliary Army Coprs) receive instruction in tire structure and care as part of the automotive preventive maintenance course which all Army men and women at Holabird must take. Instructor is H.T. McKinley of Baltimore, Maryland. WAACS are, left to right: (seated) Mary Triplett, 2nd officer, Denver; Eva V. Alexander, 3rd officer, Los Angeles, California; Ruth M. Anderson, 3rd officer, Saint Paul, Minnesota; Betty Brewer, 3rd officer, Atlanta, Georgia. Standing: Rachel Barnett, 3rd officer, Fort Wayne, Texas. Mildred Cribby, 3rd officer, Saint Petersburg, Florida; Ura M. Ankrom, 3rd officer, Cleveland, Ohio and Dorothy Irwin, 3rd officer, Chicago, Illinois

Holabird ordnance depot, Baltimore, Maryland. A group of WAACS (Women'...

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s US industrial development, Second World War, US war production, indusry, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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.

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps officers review girl cadets. In competiti...

Public domain image of personnel, army, group of people in uniform, parade, historic place, military activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Holabird ordnance depot, Baltimore, Maryland. A group of WAACS (Women's Auxiliary Army Coprs) receive instruction in tire structure and care as part of the automotive preventive maintenance course which all Army men and women at Holabird must take. Instructor is H.T. McKinley of Baltimore, Maryland. WAACS are, left to right: (seated) Mary Triplett, 2nd officer, Denver; Eva V. Alexander, 3rd officer, Los Angeles, California; Ruth M. Anderson, 3rd officer, Saint Paul, Minnesota; Betty Brewer, 3rd officer, Atlanta, Georgia. Standing: Rachel Barnett, 3rd officer, Fort Wayne, Texas. Mildred Cribby, 3rd officer, Saint Petersburg, Florida; Ura M. Ankrom, 3rd officer, Cleveland, Ohio and Dorothy Irwin, 3rd officer, Chicago, Illinois

Holabird ordnance depot, Baltimore, Maryland. A group of WAACS (Women'...

Annotation on negative or original negative jacket. This image in a jacket marked "Killed" Title and other information from general caption card and caption sheet entry. Transfer; United States. Office of War I... More