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Keywords: Photograph of American Women Replacing Men Fighting in Europe - NARA - 535769.tif Scope and content Original caption American women replace fighting men in Europe Members of the United States Army Corps WAC's receive candy bars from an American Red Cross canteen worker while they wait to board a ship for Europe in May 1945 As fighting men from the European theater were being redeployed to the Pacific WAC's went over to replace them in some jobs and thus aid the forces of occupation In ever larger numbers women were also going to the Pacific where the total of 5000 already on duty would soon be increased to 7000 it was announced June 22 Women's Army Corps members not only do administrative work as secretaries clerks stenographers but also work as photographers and radio technicians and in 145 other fields General notes 535769 Local identifier 208-MO-156BB 42701 Office for Emergency Management Office of War Information Overseas Operations Branch New York Office News and Features Bureau 12/17/1942 - 09/15/1945 Still Picture Records Section Special Media Archives Services Division NWCS-S National Archives at College Park 8601 Adelphi Road College Park MD 20740-6001 1945-07-12 Record group Record Group 208 Records of the Office of War Information 1926 - 1951 Record group ARC 535 Photographs of American Military Operations compiled 1942 - 1945 Series ARC 535762 File unit File unit ARC Variant control numbers NAIL Control Number NWDNS-208-MO-156BB 42701 <br /> Other Identifier 09173<br /> This is the NARA Internal Exhibit Tracking Number for the Public Vaults exhibit <br /> <br /> Search Identifier siLearning Center<br /> Search Identifier siNational History Standard Era 8 yes Other versions NARA-cooperation PD-USGov Women's Army Corps
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