War Department

A group of six unidentified WACs pose for photographs while exploring what are possibly Roman ruins, somewhere in North Africa.

An unidentified Women's Army Corps soldier (WACs) stops to talk with an unidentified young girl while shopping in a local market in an unidentified city in North Africa.

Lieutenant Colonel Westray Battle Boyce (center with back to camera) awards medals and ribbons to unidentified WACs while other WACs look on.

Three unidentified Women's Army Corps (WACs) soldiers (center) shop in a local market in an unidentified city in North Africa. All others are unidentified.

Members of the WACs stand at attention during medal ceremony at an unidentified location, probably in North Africa. All Women's Army Corps (WACs) pictured are unidentified.

United States Army personnel on parade at an unidentified location, probably in North Africa.

A group of unidentified WACs in a Jeep pose with a contingent of unidentified Arab children in front of the Church of Notre Dame d'Afrique, the Basilica of Algiers, Algeria, North Africa.

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."

Two unidentified WACs and two unidentified members of the French Colonial Guard pose for a photograph, somewhere in North Africa.

Two unidentified WACs talk with an unidentified Arab flower vendor as they shop for flowers on Mother's Day. The WACs were on duty in North Africa.