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Six WAAC female officers sworn into the Women's Army Corps (WAC) by Captain E. D. Keith (post adjutant) with post commander, Colonel Welton M. Modisette, at Camp Atterbury, Indiana during World War II (No. 188 C). The six officers (from left to right) are Captain Elizabeth A Wilbern and Lieutenants Mary L. Porter, Mildred Peterson, Sarah E. Murphy, Jeanne G. Childs, and Camille F. Thomas ("Camp Crier" newspaper, September 3, 1943, p. 2).
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Photograph, B&Amp;W Photographic Print
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United States. Army. Signal Corps
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Keywords

  1. African American Soldiers
  2. African Americans
  3. Armed Forces
  4. Army Bases
  5. Army Camps
  6. Camp Atterbury (Ind.)
  7. Men
  8. Military Bases
  9. Military Personnel
  10. Military Training Camps
  11. Officers
  12. Photographs
  13. Soldiers
  14. United States
  15. United States. Army
  16. United States. Army. Women's Army Auxiliary Corps
  17. United States. Army. Women's Army Corps
  18. Women
  19. Women And The Military
  20. Women And War
  21. World War, 1939 1945
  22. World Wars

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