[Women's Army Auxiliary Corps, Third Platoon, Company 1, Fort Des Moines, Iowa]
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[1942 August Or September]
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![[First African American members of the Women's Army Corps assigned to overseas duty get off a train at night in England]](https://d2l9jrtx1kk04i.cloudfront.net/3af6c28a258f8e3beeef99c943876c891395463d.png "[First African American members of the Women's Army Corps assigned to overseas duty get off a train at night in England]")
![[African American women presenting papers to a clerk, probably WAACs about to begin training]](https://d2l9jrtx1kk04i.cloudfront.net/8222abf003a8b471c8e1456802fcd447d82e821c.png "[African American women presenting papers to a clerk, probably WAACs about to begin training]")
![[African American women climbing into Army truck, probably WAACs about to begin training]](https://d2l9jrtx1kk04i.cloudfront.net/6cb4bcf9cc750f3b52ae8c94d2fc37530ae09a4e.png "[African American women climbing into Army truck, probably WAACs about to begin training]")
![[Walter White, left, and Ike Smalls, surrounded by Third Officers (clockwise from left) Mildred E. Carter, Elizabeth C. Hampton, Harriette B. White, Glendora Moore, Evelyn F. Greene, Dovey M. Johnson, and Doris M. Norrel, at the WAAC Training Center, Fort Des Moines]](https://d2l9jrtx1kk04i.cloudfront.net/a167190bfb06b4f8a41dee9327212c3b0c709cbb.png "[Walter White, left, and Ike Smalls, surrounded by Third Officers (clockwise from left) Mildred E. Carter, Elizabeth C. Hampton, Harriette B. White, Glendora Moore, Evelyn F. Greene, Dovey M. Johnson, and Doris M. Norrel, at the WAAC Training Center, Fort Des Moines]")
![[Mary McLeod Bethune at a luncheon at the First WAC Training Center, Fort Des Moines, Iowa, with Captain Dovey M. Johnson on the right]](https://d2l9jrtx1kk04i.cloudfront.net/884e25cc852ee8afdf5115d04839a6646fc2aa4e.png "[Mary McLeod Bethune at a luncheon at the First WAC Training Center, Fort Des Moines, Iowa, with Captain Dovey M. Johnson on the right]")
![[WAC band, from Des Moines, Iowa, marching]](https://d2l9jrtx1kk04i.cloudfront.net/d6ef480dc56506367941061c73e8c8c2e838e446.png "[WAC band, from Des Moines, Iowa, marching]")
![[African American soldiers reading, playing cards, and relaxing in Y.W.C.A. Hostess House]](https://d2l9jrtx1kk04i.cloudfront.net/23cd6558dff232974cf86afdf29f1b4e77cff21f.png "[African American soldiers reading, playing cards, and relaxing in Y.W.C.A. Hostess House]")
![[African American Army Air Force group at Tuskegee Army Air Field, Alabama]](https://d2l9jrtx1kk04i.cloudfront.net/57a9cab60ed3122a4e92b4e04132ff6b5bfac48f.png "[African American Army Air Force group at Tuskegee Army Air Field, Alabama]")
