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Colonel Westray B. Leslie (Ret) Greets Guests at Reception for the Founding of the Women's Army Corps (WAC)

Retired Colonel Westray Battle Boyce Leslie (left) is greeting guests at a reception honoring the twentieth anniversary of the founding of the Women's Army Corps. Colonel Leslie was the second Director of the WACs. From left to right: Colonel Leslie; Mary (Mrs. Omar) Bradley; Colonel Mary Louise Milligan Rasmuson, Major Mildred Bailey (mostly obscured) and General Omar Bradley (Ret). The reception was held at Patton Hall, Fort Meyer, Virginia.

United States Women's Army Corps 20th Anniversary Reception at Patton Hall, Fort Myer, Virginia

Current and former Women's Army Corps (WAC) officers are manning the receiving line at a reception honoring the twentieth anniversary of the founding of the WACs. From left to right: Colonel Mary Hallaren (Ret); Colonel Westray Battle Boyce Leslie (Ret.); Lieutenant Colonel Catherine H. Foster; Colonel Mary Louise Milligan Rasmuson (mostly obscured); and Major Mildred Bailey. The reception took place at Patton Hall, Fort Myer, Virginia.

United States Women's Army Corps (WAC) Twentieth Anniversary Reception at Patton Hall, Fort Myer, Virginia

Current and former Women's Army Corps (WAC) officers are manning the receiving line at a reception honoring the twentieth anniversary of the founding of the WACs. From left to right: Colonel Westray Battle Boyce Leslie (Ret); Mrs. Charles Bolte; Colonel Mary Louise Milligan Rasmuson; Major Mildred Bailey; General Charles Bolte (Ret). The reception was held at Patton Hall, Fort Myer, Virginia.

United States Women's Army Corps (WAC) Twentieth Anniversary Reception at Patton Hall, Fort Meyer, Virginia

Current and former Women's Army Corps (WAC) officers are manning the receiving line at a reception honoring the twentieth anniversary of the founding of the WACs. From left to right: Colonel Westray Battle Boyce Leslie (Ret.); Mrs. Faith; Colonel Mary Louise Milligan Rasmuson; Major Mildred Bailey; Brigadier General Donald C. Faith (Ret.), Commandant of the first WAC Training Center, Fort Des Moines. The reception was held at Patton Hall, Fort Myer, Virginia.

Colonel Westray B. Leslie (Ret.) Becomes an Honorary Member of the Staff and Faculty of the United States Women's Army Corps (WAC) School

From left to right, Colonel Westray B. Leslie (Ret.), Lieutenant Colonel Sue Lynch, and Mr. William Leslie are pictured as Colonel Leslie learns that she is to be made an honorary staff and faculty member of the United States WAC school at Fort McClellan, Alabama.

Reception Line at the 20th Anniversary of the Founding of the Women's Army Corps (WAC)

From left to right, Colonel Mary Hallaren (Ret), Third Director of the WAC; Colonel Westray B. Leslie (Ret), Second Director of the WAC; Mrs. Hallaren, Colonel Hallaren's mother; Colonel Mary Louise Milligan Rasmuson; and Mrs. Milligan, Colonel Rasmuson's mother, in a receiving line at a reception. The reception in honor of the twentieth anniversary of the founding of the WACs and was held at Patton Hall, Fort Meyer, Virginia. Others in the background are unidentified.