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Subject United States. Army. Women's Army Auxiliary Corps Location United States, Iowa, Polk County, Des Moines Contributing Institution William Stanley Hoole Special Collections Library

1. Herlyne Leonard assists Miriam Wheeler don a gas mask during a practice drill at the First WAAC training center

Date of Original:: 1943
Collection:: African American Lives
Contributing Institution:: William Stanley Hoole Special Collections Library

2. Photographs of African American women at Fort Des Moines training to become members of the WAACs

Date of Original:: 1943
Collection:: African American Lives
Contributing Institution:: William Stanley Hoole Special Collections Library

3. WAAC's

Creator:: Des Moines Chamber of Commerce
Date of Original:: 1943
Collection:: African American Lives
Contributing Institution:: William Stanley Hoole Special Collections Library