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Thorpe's Daughter in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps
This is a clipping from the April 10, 1943 Lansing State Journal concerning Grace Thorpe's joining the WAAC in Detroit, Michigan.
Grace Thorpe Is In Salt Lake
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.
Jim Thorpe's Daughter Graduates in Women's Army Auxillary Corps
This is a July 24, 1943 newspaper clipping from the Gazette and Daily featuring Grace Thorpe's graduation from Fort Oglethorpe, GA.
G.I. Gertie, 1944
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.
Eva Mirabal
This is a 1944 photo of artist and WAC Eva Mirabal posing by one of her paintings.
Evelyn Elizabeth (Hungry) Cummings Stover
This is Evelyn Stover's service photograph from her time as a WAC during WWII.
Winnie the WAC comic strip
This is a strip of eighteen one-panel comics containing Winnie the WAC, as a caricature of women in the Women's Army Corps. These eighteen panels were featured in a 1945 edition of Life Magazine.
Varga Girl with WAAC Accessories
Esquire Magazine image of a Varga Girl with Women's Army Auxillary Corps accessories.
Speed them back: Join the WAAC.
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.
Are you a girl with a Star-Spangled heart?
This World War II-era colored poster was used as a recruitment tool for the WAC (Women's Army Reserve) after its creation in 1943. A pretty, young white woman stands in her army drab against a background of a fluttering American flag, representing…