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This is a clipping from the April 10, 1943 Lansing State Journal concerning Grace Thorpe's joining the WAAC in Detroit, Michigan.

This is a clipping from the August 27, 1943 edition of the Ogden Standard-Examiner. Grace Thorpe had just been shipped from Fort Oglethorpe to Ogden, UT.

This is a July 24, 1943 newspaper clipping from the Gazette and Daily featuring Grace Thorpe's graduation from Fort Oglethorpe, GA.

This is a humorous four-panel comic strip by Eva Mirabal starring G.I. Gertie attempting to get furlough for the death of her grandmother, despite the fact that the grandmother was still alive.

This is a 1944 photo of artist and WAC Eva Mirabal posing by one of her paintings.

Esquire Magazine image of a Varga Girl with Women's Army Auxillary Corps accessories.

This poster, created in either 1942 or '43, depicts a young white woman wearing her WAAC uniform, holding what appears to be a whistle. She stands against a background showing a marching formation of American soldiers.

This is a recruitment poster for the WAAC circa 1942. A young, presumably white, woman stands in front of a WAAC marching formation. The poster played upon the idea that all woman should join in the war effort and do their fair share. This is…

This is a WWII-era recruitment poster for the Women's Army Corps, declaring, "This is my war too!" as a rallying cry to mobilize and inspire women to join in the war effort. The poster features a white woman in her crisp army uniform standing against…