Women soldiers

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.

Unidentified WACs sit in a truck awaiting orders to board the ship seen in the background that will transport them from North Africa to Italy.

Private Elizabeth Murphy of the Women's Army Corps (WACs) awaits the inspecting officer who will check her field equipment prior to her finishing packing in preparation for moving to a new base.

Soldiers in the Women's Army Corps (WACs) march in formation and an undisclosed location, probably somewhere in North Africa. All are unidentified.

Women's Army Corps (WACs) Technician 5 Jackie Vulte crates a chair as part of preparation for shipping out to a new location.

Women's Army Corps First Lieutenant Margaret A. Maxwell (right) inspects the barracks bag of an unidentified WAC who has received moving orders.

Women's Army Corps (WACs) Technician 5 Mary Livingstone rests after packing her bags prior to the move to a new base.

Women's Army Corps soldiers (WACs) line up awaiting health check-ups and physical exams before departing North Africa and moving to a new base in Italy. All are unidentified.

Corporal Bernice Hilderley of Jackson, Michigan checks her equipment prior to shipping out. The WACs were being redeployed to Italy.

Women's Army Corps Technician 5 Jackie Vulte (foreground), a member of the first WAC overseas company, loads the last chair on the truck that will take the furnishings to the ship in preparation for the WACs moving to a new base. Other WACs in the background are unidentified.