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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