Marie Hansen
1942 (taken)
Rows of WACS with Gas Masks

Gelatin silver print
20 x 16 in
 
Alan Klotz Gallery
Embossed signature on recto, from an edition of 250.
 
Rows of Women Army Auxillary Corps. After having put on their gas masks for training drill in Fort Des Moines, which was where the first Women's Army Auxillary Corps (WAAC's) was established in 1942. On September 1, 1943, the WAAC was converted to the Women's Army Corps (WAC) as part of the Regular Army.
 
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