Breadcrumb

  1. Home
  2. Long, Westray Battle Boyce, 1901-1972

Long, Westray Battle Boyce, 1901-1972

Officers of the Women's Army Corps (WAC) Host a Reception Honoring Colonel Mary Louise Milligan

From left to right, Lieutenant Colonel Pauline V. Houston, Chief WAC Officer Career Management; Mrs. Alice Milligan, mother of Colonel Milligan; Colonel Westray Battle Boyce Leslie (Ret), second director of the WAC; Lieutenant Colonel Rebecca S. Parks, Office Director WAC. The officers are pictured at a reception at the Fort McNair Officers' Club honoring Colonel Mary Louise Milligan (not shown) upon her appointment as the fifth Director of the WAC.

Colonel Westray B. Leslie (Ret.) Becomes an Honorary Member of the Staff and Faculty of the United States Women's Army Corps (WAC) School

From left to right, Colonel Westray B. Leslie (Ret.), Lieutenant Colonel Sue Lynch, and Mr. William Leslie are pictured as Colonel Leslie learns that she is to be made an honorary staff and faculty member of the United States WAC school at Fort McClellan, Alabama.

Women's Army Corps (WAC) Colonel Westray Battle Boyce Visits with WACs in Frankfurt, Germany

Colonel Westray Battle Boyce (second from left) is sitting down to Thanksgiving dinner in the mess hall with members of the WAC Detachment in Frankfurt, Germany. Also present are Mrs. Genevieve Forbes Herrick, Member of the National Civilian Advisory Committee on the WACs (far right, back to camera) and Major Ruby E. Herman, Deputy WAC Staff Director for the European theater (second from right, back to camera). All others are unidentified.

Fifteenth Anniversary Celebration of the Founding of the Women's Army Corps (WAC)

From left to right, Mrs. Betsy Talbot Blackwell, Editor-in-Chief of "Mademoiselle", Colonel Westray Battle Boyce Leslie (Ret), the second director of the WAC (1945-1947); Lieutenant Colonel Norma M. Flachsland, WAC Staff Advisor for the First Army at Fort Jay, Major General Robert H. Booth, Chief of Staff, First United States Army; Mrs. Webster Todd, and Mrs. Robert H. Booth. Lieutenant Colonel Flachsland and Major General Booth are cutting into a cake at a celebration of the fifteenth anniversary of the founding of the Women's Army Corps. Mrs. Blackwell and Mrs.

Retired Colonel Westray B. Leslie Attends Party in Honor of Colonel Mary Louise Milligan

Lieutenant Colonel Irene Galloway, outgoing Director Women's Army Corps (WAC), Colonel Mary Louise Milligan, newly appointed 5th Director of the WAC and Colonel Westray Battle Boyce Leslie (Ret) greet each other at a party held in honor of Colonel Milligan held at the Fort McNair Officers Club, Washington, D.C. From left to right: Lieutenant Colonel Galloway, Colonel Milligan, and Retired Colonel Leslie,