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Women's Army Corps (WACs) Soldiers Share Sweets with Children in Algiers

2014-2930 (untitled)
Accession Number
2014-2930
8x10 inches (21x26 cm)
Black & White
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Related Collection
Long, Westray Battle Boyce Papers
Keywords
Children
Church buildings
Women soldiers
World War, 1939-1945
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War Department

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Description
Three Women's Army Corps soldiers (WACs), part of the North African Theater of Operations, United States Army (NATOUSA), are standing on the steps of the Notre Dame d'Afrique (Our Lady of Africa) Catholic Church in Algeria, North Africa, sharing sweets with some of the local children. All are unidentified.
Date(s)
August 19, 1944