World War, 1939-1945

An unidentified army officer pins a medal on an unidentified Women's Army Corps (WAC) soldier.

Soldiers and a military band marching in a review at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, followed by Fort Bragg WAACs. Standing in the background on the left are (from left to right) Colonel Lathrop B. Clapham, chief of the personnel division, Fourth Service Command; Captain Westray Battle Boyce, Fourth Service Command WAAC Director and Captain Blanche P. Cline, commanding officer 37th WAAC Post Headquarters at Fort Bragg. All other soldiers are unidentified.

An unidentified army officer pins a medal on an unidentified Women's Army Corps (WAC) soldier.

Officers of the WAAC, Fourth Service Command, Atlanta, Georgia participated in a conference hosted by Brigadier General John T. Kennedy at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. From left to right: Captain Blanche P. Cline, commanding officer of the 37th WAAC Post Headquarters Company; Mrs. Grace Kempton, WAAC publicity director; General John T. Kennedy; Captain Westray Battle Boyce, Fourth Service Command WAAC Director; Colonel Lathrop B. Clapham, chief of personnel division, Fourth Service Command and lieutenant Bess Sheppard, WAAC Special Service Officer.

From left to right are Colonel Lathrop B. Clapham, chief of the personnel division, Fourth Service Command; Captain Westray Battle Boyce, Fourth Service Command WAAC Director and Captain Blanche P. Cline, commanding officer 37th WAAC Post Headquarters at Fort Bragg as they stand at attention during a review. Others in the background are unidentified.

(Second row from left, front to back) Captain Westray Battle Boyce, Fourth Service Command WAAC Director followed by Captain Blanche Cline, commanding officer 37th WAAC Post Headquarters, Fort Bragg and Colonel Lathrop B. Clapham, chief of personnel Division Fourth Service Command review the WAACs at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, during Captain Boyce's visit to the base.

An unidentified army officer pins a medal on an unidentified Women's Army Corps (WAC) soldier.

From left to right, Brigadier General John T. Kennedy, Commanding General of Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Captain Westray Battle Boyce, Fourth Service Command WAAC Director; Captain Blanche P. Cline, Commanding Officer 37th WAAC Post at Fort Bragg; and Colonel Lathrop B. Clapham, Chief of the Personnel Division pose for a photograph during the WAAC's visit to Fort Bragg.

An unidentified army officer (foreground, left) pins a medal on an unidentified WAC while other officers look on. All other soldiers are unidentified.

Third Officer Westray Battle Boyce of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) Fourth Service Command speaks to inmates at the United States Penitentiary in Atlanta, Georgia as part of Pearl Harbor Day. Westray Battle Boyce was the head of the Women's Auxiliary Army Corps in the Southeast. Others in the background are unidentified.