Women soldiers

WAC Private First Class Dorothy A. Millard of Manchester New Hampshire, collects shoulder patches as a hobby. She is photographed here sewing a new patch onto her bathrobe. Millard was stationed with the WAC 6669th Headquarters Platoon supporting the Fifth Army somewhere in the San Marco Area, Italy.

WAC Technician (T/5) Jessie L. Windes of Lincoln, California, is photographed with a branch of apple blossoms. Windes, a stenographer, was stationed with the WAC 6669th Headquarters Platoon supporting the Fifth Army somewhere in the Sparanise area, Italy.

Women's Army Corps Sergeant Eleanora L. Johnston of Columbus, Ohio, is pinning up orders for the day as part of her duty as company clerk. Johnston was serving somewhere in the Sparanise area of Italy with the WAC 6669th Headquarters Platoon supporting the Fifth Army.

WAC Technician (T/5) Eunice H. Onsrud of Madison, Wisconsin, is shown with the new WAC field uniform which included field boots, wool trousers and wool shirt. Onsrud served with the WAC 6669th Headquarters Platoon supporting the Fifth Army somewhere in the Sparanise area, Italy.

WAC Technician (T/5) Dorothy E. Hoefler of Buffalo, New York, examines a shell torn tree thought to be dead and is surprised to find it blooming. Hoefler was stationed in the Sparanise area, Italy with the WAC 6669th Headquarters Platoon supporting the Fifth Army.

WAC Technician (T/5) Marian F. Wilderman of Tacoma, Washington is pictured in front of the sign at the entrance to Fifth Army Headquarters. Wilderman was assigned to the 6669th WAC Headquarters Platoon as a typist in the Quartermaster's office. At the time of this photograph she was stationed somewhere in the Sparanise area, Italy.

WAC Technician (T/5) Eleanor V. Spinola of Hilo, Hawaii, calculates the distance from Hilo, Hawaii to where she is located in the San Marco area of Italy. At the time of the photograph Spinola was assigned to the WAC 6669th Headquarters Platoon supporting the Fifth Army.

First Sergeant Arthur F. Richter (left) of Company D, 756 Tank Battalion from Kearney, Nebraska is shown here with his cousin, WAC Technician (T/5) Katherine G. Richter (right) of the 6669th WAC Headquarters Platoon. They are pictured during a brief reunion somewhere in the San Marco area, Italy.

WAC Private First Class Elizabeth G. Bush of Bingham Canyon, Utah, is operating a switchboard while serving as a member of the 6669th WAC Headquarters Platoon with the Fifth Army in the Sparanise Area, Italy. Other WACs in the background are unidentified.

Women's Army Corps Technician (T/4) Nellie I. Garrett, of Quincy, Illinois, is working in the WAC Orderly Room, working with WAC records, while stationed with the 6669th WAC Headquarters platoon in the San Marco Area, Italy.