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Red Cross worker pouring coffee into the cup of an African American member of the Women's Army Corps as other African American WACs stand with their coffee and doughnuts and look on, Staten Island Terminal, New York Port

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@ Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division. The New York Public Library

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Caption on back: "It was in the early morning when the last contingent of Negro WACs to return from the ETO debarked at the Staten Island Terminal, New York Port installation, but the Red Cross was on hand as usual with doughnuts and coffee. Above Private First Class Thelma Duncan, Akron, Ohio, gets a refill while other Wacs enjoy their steaming cups and doughnuts. The Wacs comprised the last detachment of the 6888th Central Postal Directory. 3/13/46.
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Text
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Photographs Gelatin Silver Prints
Contributors:
United States. Army
Created Date:
1946 03 13
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