Ships

Colonel Westray Battle Boyce (second from left)Colonel Mera Galloway (rear, next to Colonel Boyce), and Dr. Marion Kenworthy (fourth from right) with other unidentified officers pose for a photograph on board a Naval ship during Colonel Boyce's tour of Women's Army Corps (WAC) facilities in the Pacific Theatre.

A Photo of the battleship USS Missouri.

Secretary of the Army Frank Pace (head of line, right, wearing civilian clothes) walks with other unidentified soldiers and armed forces officers inspecting the dock area at the port of Whittier, Alaska. The United States Naval Ship Captain Arlo L. Olson is in the background.

Admiral Chester W. Nimitz (seated) is signing the Allied Surrender Terms agreement which finalized the unconditional surrender of the Japanese and the end of the war with Japan. Behind Admiral Nimitz are (left to right) General Douglas MacArthur, Admiral William F. Halsey and Rear Admiral Forrest Sherman. Other soldiers and sailors in the background are unidentified. The ceremony took place aboard the USS Missouri. The photograph was given to Colonel Westray B. Boyce during her tour of the Pacific Theatre in the Fall of 1945.

Japanese General Yoshijiro Umezu signs the Instrument of Surrender Agreement on behalf of the Japanese government ending the war with Japan while (left to right) General Douglas MacArthur and his Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Richard Sutherland look on. Others in the background are unidentified. The ceremony took place aboard the USS Missouri in Manila Bay. These photographs were given to Colonel Westray B. Boyce during her tour of the Pacific Theatre in the Fall of 1945.

Four unidentified WACs stand in line in preparation for boarding the ship that will transport them from North Africa to Italy.

Women's Army Corps (WACs) First Lieutenant Margaret Maxwell (foreground, holding papers) with a group of unidentified WACs, stands in line ready to board the ships that will that the WACs from North Africa to Italy.

Unidentified WACs are assisted out of the United States Army trucks as they prepare to board the ships that will take them from North Africa to Italy.

Two truck loads of Women's Army Corps soldiers (WACs) wait to board their ship (in background) as they depart North Africa for Italy. All are unidentified.

WAC Sergeant Norene McKusker of Marengo, Iowa leads her platoon to the gangplank to board the ships that will take them from North Africa to Italy. All others are unidentified.