Women soldiers

Three unidentified servicewomen are still on the job at Prestwich Airfield in England after World War II has ended. All others are unidentified.

Army nurses attend the War Crimes Trial in Japan as spectators. From left to right: Captain Edna Lura of Roland, Iowa; Major Grace Alt of Baltimore, Maryland; Lieutenant Colonel Mary Philips of Freesburg, Wisconsin; and Colonel Florence Blanchfield of Washington D.C. They were seated in the distinguished spectators gallery in the War Ministry Building in Tokyo, Japan at the trial of twenty seven leading Japanese war criminals.

Actress Jan Sterling (second from right) chats with other unidentified women while on a United Service Organization (USO) Tour to South Korea. From: Gene Putnam

Secretary of the Navy Francis P. Matthews attends a party celebrating his retirement from the Navy to become United States Ambassador to Ireland. The party took place in the Pentagon offices of Secretary Matthews. From left to right: unidentified Navy WAVE officer; Secretary Matthews; Mary (Mrs. Francis) Matthews; unidentified Navy WAVE officer.

Captain Gloria Sauls attends the Air Force Association Convention and was Miss Air Power.

Captain Gloria Sauls, Miss Air Power, (left) and Lieutenant General Leon Johnson (right) attend the Air Force Association Convention in San Francisco, California. Sitting between them is the Air Force Association Award to the 435th Troop Carrier Wing of Miami, Florida, the Outstanding Air Wing Reserve of 1955.

A female military personnel member poses with a dog.

President Harry S. Truman shakes hands with wounded veterans from the Washington area during a garden party at the White House. Over 800 veterans attended the event. President Truman is shaking hands with Army Nurse Lieutenant Joan Cruchacz. Standing in the receiving line from left to right: unidentified woman, Secretary of State James Byrnes, unidentified woman (partly obscured), President Truman, General Harry Vaughan, and Captain Clark Clifford. All others are unidentified.

Stereo slide of two tables of military personnel dining at an officer's club for United States Air Force. Some of the men seated at the front table are wearing visitor badges. At the far table, a female WAF officer is seated. All are unidentified.

Stereo slide of an unidentified young woman posing for a photo near a palm tree in a Women in the Air Force uniform. A white fence and ocean are in the background. The woman is unknown.