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WACs with dog mascots

Description: Corporal Gina Di Renzi and 1st Sergeant Helen P. Whiteley with some of the dog mascots belonging to their unit, the Headquarters Section of the 3561st Service Unit, of the Womens Army Corps (WAC) at Camp Atterbury, Indiana during World War II (No. 224 A). The dogs are Zip, Butch, Corky, Sgt. Pete, and Cpl. Ezzie (from Camp Crier newspaper, September 24, 1943).
Origin: 1943-09-15
Created By: Moriarty, William John, 1903-1978
Contributor(s): United States. Army. Signal Corps
Source: http://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16066coll13/id/1297
Collection: Indiana State Library Photograph Collections
Rights: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/
Copyright: No Known Copyright
Geography: Camp Atterbury, Indiana, United States
Subjects: Camp Atterbury (Ind.)
photographs
United States. Army
World War, 1939-1945
world wars
army bases
army camps
military bases
military training camps
military personnel
women
United States. Army. Womens Army Corps
dogs
mascots
doghouses

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