World War, 1939-1945

WAC Technician (T/5) Marguerite C. O'Laughlin, originally from Monrovia, California, is sitting at her typewriter. She is a member of the 6669th WAC Headquarters platoon and is stationed with the Fifth Army in the Sparanise Area, Italy.

WAC Private First Class Dorothy A. Dittenwald of Dayton, Ohio collected patches of various service branches. She is photographed here sewing a new patch onto her bathrobe. Dittenwald was stationed with the WAC 6669th Headquarters Platoon supporting the Fifth Army. At the time of this photograph she was in the San Marco area of Italy.

WAC Technician (T/5) Ethyle M. Gicker, of Reading, Pennsylvania, is taking shorthand in her role as a secretary with the 6669th WAC Headquarters platoon supporting the Fifth Army, in the Sparanise Area, Italy.

WAC Technician 5 Mariam M. Beloit of Hollywood, California is ready to take a ride in a jeep. Her duty is with Fifth Army as part of the 6669th WAC Headquarters platoon, in San Marco Area, Italy.

WAC Technician 5 Mary A. Kosierowski of Hudson, Pennsylvania, and a member of the 6669th WAC Headquarters platoon displays a plaque sent to her by a Polish officer she met. The Polish officer was surprised that she was fluent in Polish. The plaque contains Kosierowski's name, crossed Polish and American flags and the Polish insignia. She was stationed with the Fifth Army, Sparanise Area, Italy.

WAC T/5 Daisy E. Jessup of Bremerton, Washington, of the 6669th WAC Headquarters platoon checks to see that all the clothes on the rack are hanging neatly before leaving for her work with the Fifth Army, which is stationed in the San Marco Area, Italy.

WAC Technician Mary M. Malloy of the 6669th WAC Headquarters platoon "was pleasantly surprised to find the 'Crossroads of the World' the much publicized 42nd Street and Broadway sign, located in Fifth Army HQS area, somewhere in Italy." Fifth Army, Sparamise Area, Italy.

WAC Private First Class Katherine T. Egner of Portland, Oregon, uses a bucket to draw water from a well near her bivouac area in Italy. Sher serves as a typist in ordnance as part of the Fifth Army, Sparanise Area, Italy.

WAC Technician 5 Dorothy E. Kengle of Tulsa, Oklahoma, "has solved her stocking problem by merely joining the WACs. Now when they run dotty merely runs to the supply room and salvages them for a new pair." She is shown getting stockings from Sergeant Bertha C. Benninghoff of Edina, Minnesota. Both women are serving in the Fifth Army, San Marco Area, Italy.

WAC Technician 5 Florence N. Terry from Houston, Texas, is shown dropping a V-Mail letter in the box outside the Orderly Room tent. This letter will be photographed in a nearby city and on its way within 48 hours. She is stationed with the Fifth Army, San Marco Area, Italy.