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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.
Athletes in Uniform
This is a newspaper clipping from the December 9, 1944 Brooklyn Daily Eagle, mentioning Grace Thorpe's WAC service.
You Are Needed now
This is a World War II-era recruitment poster for the Army Nurse Corps. It features a white woman in uniform, stating "You are needed now."
Minnie Spotted Wolf with Rifle
This is a black and white photograph of Minnie Spotted Wolf (Blackfeet). In the photograph, she is dressed in civilian clothes and holding a rifle.
Cecelia Mix and John Collier
This is a Dec 16, 1944 photograph of PFC Cecelia Mix and John Collier reading from scripts in a radio broadcast of "First Americans" in Washington, D.C., in connection with a war bond drive.
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.
Screenshot of Dorothy (Davis) Dale
This is a screenshot from the 2001 video interview with Dorothy Dale.