U.S. Army

Women's Army Corps First Lieutenant Elizabeth Parker of Raleigh, North Carolina receives her promotion to First Lieutenant from Major Gershon while on duty in Algiers, North Africa.

A Women's Army Corps (WACs) Sergeant is shown working an army switchboard while on duty in North Africa.

An unidentified army officer pins a medal on an unidentified Women's Army Corps (WAC) soldier.

Soldiers and a military band marching in a review at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, followed by Fort Bragg WAACs. Standing in the background on the left are (from left to right) Colonel Lathrop B. Clapham, chief of the personnel division, Fourth Service Command; Captain Westray Battle Boyce, Fourth Service Command WAAC Director and Captain Blanche P. Cline, commanding officer 37th WAAC Post Headquarters at Fort Bragg. All other soldiers are unidentified.

An unidentified army officer pins a medal on an unidentified Women's Army Corps (WAC) soldier.

From left to right are Colonel Lathrop B. Clapham, chief of the personnel division, Fourth Service Command; Captain Westray Battle Boyce, Fourth Service Command WAAC Director and Captain Blanche P. Cline, commanding officer 37th WAAC Post Headquarters at Fort Bragg as they stand at attention during a review. Others in the background are unidentified.

(Second row from left, front to back) Captain Westray Battle Boyce, Fourth Service Command WAAC Director followed by Captain Blanche Cline, commanding officer 37th WAAC Post Headquarters, Fort Bragg and Colonel Lathrop B. Clapham, chief of personnel Division Fourth Service Command review the WAACs at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, during Captain Boyce's visit to the base.

An unidentified army officer pins a medal on an unidentified Women's Army Corps (WAC) soldier.

From left to right, Brigadier General John T. Kennedy, Commanding General of Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Captain Westray Battle Boyce, Fourth Service Command WAAC Director; Captain Blanche P. Cline, Commanding Officer 37th WAAC Post at Fort Bragg; and Colonel Lathrop B. Clapham, Chief of the Personnel Division pose for a photograph during the WAAC's visit to Fort Bragg.

From left to right, Brigadier General John T. Kennedy, Commanding General at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, is standing outside with Captain Blanche P. Cline, commanding officer 37th WAAC Post Headquarters Company at Fort Bragg; Colonel Lathrop B. Clapham, chief of the personnel division, Fourth Service Command; Mrs. Grace Kempton, WAAC publicity director; Captain Westray Battle Boyce, Fourth Service Command WAAC Director and Lieutenant Bess Sheppard, WAAC Special Service Officer.