Swearing WACs into the army
| Description: |
Members of the Headquarters Section, 3561st Service Unit at their formal oath-taking ceremony admitting them into the Womens Army Corps at Camp Atterbury, Indiana during World War II (No. 166 D). As prior members of the Womens Army Auxiliary Corps, these women had to be inducted to the new Womens Army Corps, which was formed on July 1, 1943. |
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| Origin: | 1943-08-10 |
| 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/627 |
| 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 military parades and ceremonies women United States. Army. Womens Army Corps United States. Army. Womens Army Auxiliary Corps military uniforms celebrations women and the military women and war |
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