Women soldiers

Colonel Westray Battle Boyce (left) is sitting in the L-5 Liaison plane with her pilot First Officer Don Merrifield (right). Colonel Boyce was about to depart on a tour of WAC areas in Northern Luzon, Philippines.

From left to right, Lieutenant Colonel Mira Galloway, Colonel Westray Battle Boyce, Dr. Marion Kenworthy, Major Francis Clements are posing for a photograph prior to departing on the inspection tour of WAC areas in Northern Luzon, Philippines.

Colonel Westray Battle Boyce (left) is sitting in the L-5 Liaison plane with her pilot First Officer Don Merrifield (right). Colonel Boyce was about to depart on a tour of WAC areas in Northern Luzon, Philippines.

From left to right WAC Lieutenant Colonel Katharine Goodwin, WAC Staff Director for Army Service Forces; Mary (Mrs. Oswald) Lord, Chairman of the National Civilian Advisory Committee for WAC Affairs; Captain Lillian Harris, Executive Officer 2629th WAC Battalion and Major Helen Hanson, WAC Staff Director in Italy pose for a photograph at the retreat ceremony in the WAC Battalion Area, Caserta, Italy.

WAC Technician (T/5) Doris M. Rogers of New Castle, Wyoming works as a switchboard operator while stationed somewhere in the Sparanise area of Italy with the WAC 6669th Headquarters Platoon supporting the Fifth Army. The sign on the switchboard reads, "No. 103 line Gen. Clark's Use Only!"

Members of the 2629th WAC Battalion stand at attention during the sounding of retreat from Caserta, Italy.

From left to right, Lieutenant Colonel Mira Galloway, Colonel Westray Battle Boyce, Dr. Marion Kenworthy, Major Francis Clements are posing for a photograph prior to departing on the inspection tour of WAC areas in Northern Luzon, Philippines.

WAC Technician (T/5) Kathryn B. Garrett of Rochester, New York is drawing water from the "lister bag" in her bivouac area. At the time of this picture, Garrett was stationed in the Sparanise Area of Italy with the WAC 6669th Headquarters Platoon where she was a clerk in the G-4 Section supporting the Fifth Army.

Mary (Mrs. Oswald) Lord, Chairman of the National Civilian Advisory Committee for WAC Affairs (right, beside woman with glasses) and Lieutenant Colonel Katharine Goodwin (center foreground, next to post, facing camera) talk with unidentified Fifth Army WACs who are leaving Caserta, Italy to return to the United States for redeployment.

WAC Technician (T/5) Georgiana M. Anderson (right) of Ashland, Wisconsin has a chat with an unidentified military police officer. Anderson was stationed in the San Marco Area of Italy with the WAC 6669th Headquarters Platoon supporting the Fifth Army.