Army WAACs – Women of World War II

African-American WACs at Camp Atterbury, Indiana

The eight members of the enlisted administrative force of the Medical Section, 3561st Service Unit of the Women’s Army Auxiliary

Members of the Headquarters Section, 3561st Service Unit at their formal oath-taking ceremony admitting them into the Women’s Army Corps

Members of the Medical Section, 3561st Service Unit at their formal oath-taking ceremony admitting them into the Women’s Army Corps

The first contingent of Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) officers and enlisted women arrive in Great Britain, and are greeted

Marching to the music of a WAAC band barely visible behind them, a company of WAACs passes in review before

WAAC Lieutenants Harriet West and Irma Cayton go over their recruiting schedule report in the WAAC Headquarters in Washington, D.C.

Soon after their arrival at Fort Huachuca, Arizona, WAAC officers Vera Harrison and Irma J. Cayton go shopping for lamps

WAAC Capt. Charity Adams of Columbia, NC, who was commissioned from the first officer candidate class, and the first of

Auxiliaries Ruth Wade and Lucille Mayo (left to right) further demonstrate their ability to service trucks as taught them during