Saturday, September 1, 2012

1943 NEGRO WAACS WOMEN ARMY ENLISTEES T0 TEXAS PHOTO


This photograph shows  "Four Negro  members of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps at First WAAC Training Center, Fort  Des Moines, Ia., smile happily in the back of the Army truck which started them  on their journey to Fort Clark, Tex. The Waacs, who were trained at Fort Des  Moines, are members of a Negro WAAC Company which recently was sent to Fort  Clark. They are, from left to right: Auxiliaries (Privates) Florence Barbara  Davis of Box 145, Plaquemine, La; Dorothy Lee Harris of Rt. 1, Box 301A,  Washington, Tex.; Mildred Lucile Turk of 86 Pratt St., Atlanta, Ga., and Juanita  Parisenne Ingraham of 932 N. Grove St., Gainesville, Fla.".

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