Female Black Officers Train in Des Moines in World War II
Women's Army Auxiliary Corps, Des Moines, 1942 
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Women's Army Auxiliary Corps, Des Moines, 1942
Time Frame: 1942
Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) on parade ground going through the company drill. The major training center for the WAACs was in Des Moines. 1942.
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