Women soldiers

Exterior view with a group of unidentified females participating in shooting practice in a wooded area. Two identifications accompany the photograph. (1) "Hungarian Fighters for Freedom (enrollment 600,000) must spend two hours twice a week at military training. Photo shows Hungarian girls practicing shooting." (2) "The comrades (female) and the comrade instructress observing with serious interest a future sharp shooter." Exact location not given.

Bess Truman, wife of the President, and Col. Mary Hallaren (right), WAC Director, smile as Rep. Edith Nourse Rogers (R-Mass) (center) cuts the fifth birthday cake of the Women's Army Corps. Members of the corps (rear), who requested that Rep. Rogers cut the cake, look on at the anniversary party in Washington, D.C. From: Truman Home.

Oval view of an identified young female factory worker taking part in paramilitary training. Identified as: "Factory workers are organized and trained in paramilitary organization. Photo shows Autofactory working girl taking part in shooting contest." Also identified as: "A member of the Ostrau patrol, the 18-year old Frantiska Stastna, a worker of an Ostrau factory." Location probably Czechoslovakia. Illustration for publication "Svet V Obrazech" for October 4, 1952.

View of women patrol with parachutes lined up ready to board aircraft. Identification reads: "Last instructions given to girl-patrols before entering the airplane." Location probably Czechoslovakia. Illustration for publication "Svet V Obrazech" for October 4, 1952.

Exterior view of two unidentified women with pointed guns. Identified as: "First paratroopers compet[i]tion. Second part: shooting." Location believed to be Czechoslovakia. Illustration for publication "Svet V Obrazech" for October 4, 1952.

Exterior view of unidentified woman in a field with her parachute and identified as: "The happy smile of the girl-paratrooper after the first successful jump." Photo taken in country behind the Iron Curtain, perhaps Czechoslovakia. Appears to be an illustration found in publication "Svet V Obrazech" for July 26, 1952.

Scene of uniformed men and women holding American flags marching past the reviewing stand in the Armed Forces Day Parade. Seated in the first row of the reviewing stand, from left to right: unidentified man, Secretary of the Army Frank Pace, General Dwight Eisenhower, Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson, President Harry S. Truman, Admiral William Leahy, and Deputy Secretary of Defense Stephen Early. All others are unidentified.

Scene of uniformed women marching past the reviewing stand in the Armed Forces Day Parade. Seated in the first row of the reviewing stand, from left to right: unidentified man, Secretary of the Army Frank Pace, General Dwight Eisenhower, Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson, President Harry S. Truman, Admiral William Leahy, and Deputy Secretary of Defense Stephen Early. All others are unidentified.

A group of female soldiers marching in a parade commemorating Army Day passes in front of the presidential viewing box. Standing in the front row of the presidential box are, from left to right: unidentified Navy officer, General Omar Bradley, Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson, President Truman, and two unidentified men. All others are unidentified.

Female soldiers in a parade commemorating Army Day passing in front of the presidential viewing stand . Standing in the front row of the presidential box are, from left to right: unidentified Navy officer, General Omar Bradley, Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson, President Truman, and two unidentified men. All others are unidentified.