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Wertz discusses Company 1907 and what she has learned while a WAC. She mentions women leaving the WACs and describes a funeral of a twenty-one year old woman. She closes [...]
1945-02-08 | Text | Irma Jackson Cayton Wertz Collection |
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Offical U.S. Signal Corps photograph of African American WAACs marching in formation while a band plays in the background. The three women in the lead are officers, as no[...]
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Offical U.S. Signal Corps photograph showing two women servicing an army truck at Fort Huachuca. Ruth Wade is on the left; Lucille Mayo is to the right. Photo caption rea[...]
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Offical U.S. Signal Corps photograph showing three WAACS or WACs in a room full of maps and photographs. Two stand over a diorama with the name "The Italian," while the t[...]
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Offical U.S. Signal Corps photograph of two WAACs or WACs being issued official gear; circa 1942-1945.
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Irma Cayton cuts into a cake as three WAACs or WACs watch. Cayton is wearing a Ninth Service Command patch, ribbon bar, and the Pallas Athene pin; circa 1942-1945.
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African American WACs and soldiers sit at a dining table eating a meal. Irma Cayton may be third from left, looking at camera; circa 1943-1945.
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Photo post card depicting African American WAACs or WACs dining in a mess hall; circa 1942-1945.
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African American WAACs or WACs and soldiers dance at a party. Three couples are on the dance floor as a band plays and others watch. The man furthest to the left is a ser[...]
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African American WAAC or WAC officers, a Red Cross worker, and one enlisted man pose in front of a U.S. flag. Irma Wertz is standing, first from left. The seated WAACs we[...]