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Long, Westray Battle Boyce, 1901-1972

Colonel Westray Battle Boyce Leslie (Ret) is Honored at Fort McClellan, Alabama

Former Director of the Women's Army Corps (WAC), retired Colonel Westray B. Leslie is paying a visit to the Women's Army Corps School at Fort McClellan, Alabama. Standing on the stairs from left to right: Major E. Janet Chapman, Director of Instruction at the WAC School; Colonel Westray B. Leslie (Ret); Lieutenant Colonel Sue Lynch, WAC Center Commandant (behind Colonel Long); Sergeant Major Gaile Bossert; and Mr. William Leslie. Others are unidentified.

Cake Cutting Celebration for the Sixteenth Anniversary of the Women's Army Corps

A cake cutting celebration takes place at Fort Jay, New York for the sixteenth anniversary of the founding of the Women's Army Corps (WAC). From left to right: Major H. B. Meisner, First Army Comptroller Section; Lieutenant Colonel Norma M. Flachsland, First Army WAC Staff Advisor; Lieutenant General B. M. Bryan, Commanding General of the First Army; Mrs. Betty Talbot Blackwell, editor of "Mademoiselle" magazine and member of the Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services; Colonel Westray Battle Boyce Leslie (Ret), second director of the WAC; and Captain Moorsman from Fort Slocum.

Colonel Westray B. Leslie (Ret) Greets Secretary of the Army Elvis J. Stahr

Retired Colonel and Director of the Women's Army Corps (WACs) Westray B. Leslie (left) is introduced to the Secretary of the Army, Elvis J. Stahr (right) by current director of the WACs, Colonel Mary Louise Milligan (center), at the nineteenth Anniversary party for the founding of the WACs. The party was held at Patton Hall, Fort Myer, Virginia. Others in the background are unidentified.

Sixteenth Anniversary Celebration for the Founding of the Women's Army Corps (WACs)

Lieutenant Colonel Norma M. Flachsland, First Army WAC Staff Advisor (left) presents the first piece of cake to Mrs. Betsy Talbot Blackwell (second from left), editor of "Mademoiselle" magazine and member of the Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services, while former WAC director, Colonel Westray B. Leslie (Ret) (second from right) and First Army Commander, Lieutenant General B.M. Bryan (right) look on. The party, in celebration of the sixteenth anniversary of the Women's Army Corps, was held at Fort Jay, New York.

Colonel Westray Battle Boyce Leslie (Ret.) Attends a Sixteenth Anniversary of the Founding of the Women's Army Corps (WAC)

From left to right, Mrs. R. H. Booth, Lieutenant Colonel Norma M. Flachsland, Mrs. B. M. Bryan and Colonel Westray Battle Boyce Leslie (Ret.) pose for a photograph during a party at Fort Jay, New York, to celebrate the sixteenth anniversary of the founding of the Women's Army Corps.