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African American Charity Adams, First Officer in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps, standing in uniform and pointing to a poster that reads, "Women! Answer America's Call, Serve in the W.A.A.C."

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Caption on back: "One of the first women to be appointed First Officer (the WAAC equivalent of captain) in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps was Charity Adams of Columbia, S.C. A former teacher, she has commanded four companies of Auxiliaries at the First WAAC Training Center at Fort Des Moines, Iowa, seeing them through basic training and sending them on to specialist work or to Fort Huachuca, Ariz., to take over non-combat jobs.
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Photographs Gelatin Silver Prints
Contributors:
United States. Army. Women's Army Auxiliary Corps
Created Date:
1943 02
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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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Keywords

  1. African American Officers
  2. African American Soldiers
  3. African American Women
  4. African Americans
  5. Armed Forces
  6. Military Uniforms
  7. Recruiting And Enlistment
  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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