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Members of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps wearing gas masks and testing them for proper adjustment during a drill, First Women's Army Auxiliary Corps Training Center

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Caption on back: "Testing the gas mask for proper adjustment is a necessary part of the discipline taught all members of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps as a protection against possible chemical attack. This company of Auxiliaries at the First WAAC Training Center at Fort Des Moines, Iowa is drilled in the duty of all members of the nation's Services to protect themselves in emergencies. In the testing, the hand is held over the air outlet to check whether or not the equipment is air-tight. / February 24, 1943 release.
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Text
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Photographs Gelatin Silver Prints
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United States. Army. Women's Army Auxiliary Corps
Created Date:
1943 02 24
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Military

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

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The New York Public Library

Keywords

  1. African American Soldiers
  2. African Americans
  3. Armed Forces
  4. Drill And Minor Tactics
  5. Fort Des Moines (Iowa)
  6. Gas Masks
  7. Military Training
  8. United States
  9. United States. Army. Women's Army Auxiliary Corps
  10. United States. Army. Women's Army Corps
  11. Women
  12. World War, 1939 1945

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