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Women's Army Corps (WAC) Soldier Dorothy Kengle Talks with WAC Sergeant Bertha Benninghoff

2014-3248
Accession Number
2014-3248
4x5 inches (10x13 cm)
Black & White
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NAID 348666229
Related Collection
Long, Westray Battle Boyce Papers
Keywords
Clothing and dress
Women soldiers
World War, 1939-1945
People Pictured
Benninghoff, Bertha C., 1914-2008
Kengle, Dorothy E.
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Description
WAC Technician 5 Dorothy E. Kengle of Tulsa, Oklahoma, "has solved her stocking problem by merely joining the WACs. Now when they run dotty merely runs to the supply room and salvages them for a new pair." She is shown getting stockings from Sergeant Bertha C. Benninghoff of Edina, Minnesota. Both women are serving in the Fifth Army, San Marco Area, Italy.
Date(s)
April 15, 1944