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Sixteenth Anniversary Celebration for the Founding of the Women's Army Corps (WACs)

Lieutenant Colonel Norma M. Flachsland, First Army WAC Staff Advisor (left) presents the first piece of cake to Mrs. Betsy Talbot Blackwell (second from left), editor of "Mademoiselle" magazine and member of the Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services, while former WAC director, Colonel Westray B. Leslie (Ret) (second from right) and First Army Commander, Lieutenant General B.M. Bryan (right) look on. The party, in celebration of the sixteenth anniversary of the Women's Army Corps, was held at Fort Jay, New York.

Colonel Westray Battle Boyce Leslie (Ret.) Attends a Sixteenth Anniversary of the Founding of the Women's Army Corps (WAC)

From left to right, Mrs. R. H. Booth, Lieutenant Colonel Norma M. Flachsland, Mrs. B. M. Bryan and Colonel Westray Battle Boyce Leslie (Ret.) pose for a photograph during a party at Fort Jay, New York, to celebrate the sixteenth anniversary of the founding of the Women's Army Corps.

Officers of the Women's Army Corps (WAC) Host a Reception Honoring Colonel Mary Louise Milligan

From left to right, Lieutenant Colonel Pauline V. Houston, Chief WAC Officer Career Management; Mrs. Alice Milligan, mother of Colonel Milligan; Colonel Westray Battle Boyce Leslie (Ret), second director of the WAC; Lieutenant Colonel Rebecca S. Parks, Office Director WAC. The officers are pictured at a reception at the Fort McNair Officers' Club honoring Colonel Mary Louise Milligan (not shown) upon her appointment as the fifth Director of the WAC.

Colonel Westray B. Leslie (Ret.) Becomes an Honorary Member of the Staff and Faculty of the United States Women's Army Corps (WAC) School

From left to right, Colonel Westray B. Leslie (Ret.), Lieutenant Colonel Sue Lynch, and Mr. William Leslie are pictured as Colonel Leslie learns that she is to be made an honorary staff and faculty member of the United States WAC school at Fort McClellan, Alabama.

Fifteenth Anniversary Celebration of the Founding of the Women's Army Corps (WAC)

From left to right, Mrs. Betsy Talbot Blackwell, Editor-in-Chief of "Mademoiselle", Colonel Westray Battle Boyce Leslie (Ret), the second director of the WAC (1945-1947); Lieutenant Colonel Norma M. Flachsland, WAC Staff Advisor for the First Army at Fort Jay, Major General Robert H. Booth, Chief of Staff, First United States Army; Mrs. Webster Todd, and Mrs. Robert H. Booth. Lieutenant Colonel Flachsland and Major General Booth are cutting into a cake at a celebration of the fifteenth anniversary of the founding of the Women's Army Corps. Mrs. Blackwell and Mrs.

Guests in the Receiving Line at a Reception for General Zenon Noriega Aguero

Guests are standing in line as they are greeted at a reception for General Zenon Noriega Aguero, the Minister of War of Peru, which was held at Hop Hall, Fort Myer, Virginia. From left to right: two unidentified military officers, Secretary of the Army Frank Pace (partly obscured), unidentified woman, Margaret (Mrs. Frank) Pace.