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Women's Army Corps (WACs) Soldiers Visit Notre Dame d' Afrique in Algiers, North Africa

2014-3046
Accession Number
2014-3046
4x5 inches (10x13 cm)
Black & White
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NAID 348665783
Related Collection
Long, Westray Battle Boyce Papers
Keywords
Church buildings
Women soldiers
World War, 1939-1945
Rights

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War Department

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Description
Six unidentified WACs are photographed on the steps of Notre Dame d'Afrique. The church was built in 1872 in Algiers, North Africa. The inscription under the statue reads: "Re Surgens non Moritur" translates to "The church of Africa that is rising will not die."
Date(s)
August 1944