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373 new Negro WAACs coming

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@ Register (Des Moines, Iowa)

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E-mail inquiries for the State Historical Society of Iowa should be directed to history.research@iowa.gov or library.st@uiowa.ed Master image scanned with Ricoh Aficio 3228C as a JPEG at 600 ppi. Register Des Moines, Iowa WAAGS COMING First" arrivals of the largest group of Negroes ever to start! their training together in the women's army auxiliary corps came to Fort Des Moines Sunday. The group, which will total 373 —or two companies—when complete, is coming from every service command in the country. Their "processing" starts today and by Tuesday noon they will have been fitted for uniforms. It is expected the two companies will be filled by Wednesday.
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Keywords

  1. African Americans
  2. Fort Des Moines
  3. Iowa
  4. Participation, African American
  5. Participation, Female
  6. United States
  7. United States. Army. Women's Army Auxiliary Corps
  8. Women
  9. Women Soldiers
  10. Women's Military Activity
  11. World War, 1939 1945

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