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Swearing WACs into the army

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Members of the Medical Section, 3561st Service Unit at their formal oath-taking ceremony admitting them into the Women's Army Corps at Camp Atterbury, Indiana during World War II (No. 166 E). As prior members of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps, these women had to be inducted to the new Women's Army Corps, which was formed on July 1, 1943.
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Photograph, B&Amp;W Photographic Print
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United States. Army. Signal Corps
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Indiana State Library

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Indiana Memory

Keywords

  1. African American Soldiers
  2. African Americans
  3. Armed Forces
  4. Army Bases
  5. Army Camps
  6. Camp Atterbury (Ind.)
  7. Celebrations
  8. Military Bases
  9. Military Parades And Ceremonies
  10. Military Personnel
  11. Military Training Camps
  12. Military Uniforms
  13. Photographs
  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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