War Department

Women's Army Corps (WACs) barracks, somewhere in North Africa, showing mosquito netting in place.

Staff Sergeant Sophia J. Holloway examining the foodstuffs in the mess of the Women's Army Corps (WACs) in North Africa. Sophia had worked for 8 years at Black Hotel Coffee Shop in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma as a waitress and Cashier prior to joining the WAC.

This is a photograph of the WAC mess kitchen taken two weeks after it had been set up in North Africa. The WAC (standing) and the soldier in the lower left corner are both unidentified.

An unidentified WAC cook working in the mess hall decorates a birthday cake for fellow WACs celebrating their birthdays while stationed in North Africa.

Lieutenant Colonel Westray Battle Boyce, Staff Director of the Women's Army Corps (WAC), North African Theater of Operations, United States Army (NATOUSA), (fourth from right at head table) enjoys dinner with other unidentified WAC officers while serving in North Africa.

Technician Maxine Walker (left) works with an unidentified WAC to prepare a meal for their fellow Women's Army Corps (WAC) soldiers stationed in North Africa.

Unidentified WAC officers enjoy a dinner party while stationed in North Africa.

A WAC's bunk made up with mosquito netting for nighttime sleeping in North Africa.

Three unidentified WAC cooks work in the mess hall to prepare a meal for the WACs stationed in North Africa.

Staff Sergeant Sophia J. Holloway with a large drum of cauliflower as she works in the Mess Hall of the Women's Army Corps (WACs) stationed in North Africa. Sophia had worked for 8 years at Black Hotel Coffee Shop in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma as a waitress and Cashier prior to joining the WAC.