War Department

Women's Army Corps soldiers (WACs) line up awaiting health check-ups and physical exams before departing North Africa and moving to a new base in Italy. All are unidentified.

Corporal Bernice Hilderley of Jackson, Michigan checks her equipment prior to shipping out. The WACs were being redeployed to Italy.

Women's Army Corps Technician 5 Jackie Vulte (foreground), a member of the first WAC overseas company, loads the last chair on the truck that will take the furnishings to the ship in preparation for the WACs moving to a new base. Other WACs in the background are unidentified.

An unidentified soldier receives a medal from an unidentified Army officer at an unknown location, probably somewhere in North Africa.

An unidentified Women's Army Corps soldier (WACs) packs her two barracks bags in preparation for shipping out from North Africa.

A group of unidentified WACs in full field gear wait in United States Army trucks for orders to board the ships that will take them from North Africa to Italy and their new assignment in theatre.

Two unidentified member of the WACs pose for a photograph with two young, unidentified Arab girls.

An unidentified member of the WACs shops in a local market in an unidentified city, possibly in North Africa. The other girl in the photo is also unidentified.

An unidentified Women's Army Corps solider shops in a vegetable market in an unidentified city in North Africa. Others in the photo are unidentified.

Two unidentified WACs are visiting a fruit market in an unidentified North African town. The men in the photo are unidentified.