Cake

Secretary of the Army Frank Pace (center) holds a cake while visiting with two unidentified people at the American Federation of Labor Industries show in Chicago, Illinois. The man and woman are unidentified.

Madame Nhu, First Lady of Vietnam (middle left) and a lady believed to be Daw Khin Kyi of Burma, (center) admiring the best cakes from the cake-making contest held in celebration of Vietnam Women's Day. Daw Khin Kyi was Burmese Ambassador to India. All others are unidentified.

Women sampling the entries in a cake-making contest during the celebration of Vietnam Women's Day in Saigon, Vietnam. All are unidentified.

Young women participating in a cake-making contest during the celebration of Vietnam Women's Day in Saigon, Vietnam. All are unidentified.

Unidentified male and female soldiers, sailors, and military officers stand in line for cake at a party. Exact location is unknown.

WAC Director Colonel Mary Louise Milligan Rasmuson (center) cuts an anniversary cake with the assistance of Secretary of the Army Elvis J. Stahr, Jr. (left) and General Barksdale Hamlett (right), Vice Chief of Staff, United States Army. The cake was served at a reception honoring the twentieth anniversary of the Women's Army Corps, held at Patton Hall, Fort Myer, Virginia.

A cake cutting celebration takes place at Fort Jay, New York for the sixteenth anniversary of the founding of the Women's Army Corps (WAC). From left to right: Major H. B. Meisner, First Army Comptroller Section; Lieutenant Colonel Norma M. Flachsland, First Army WAC Staff Advisor; Lieutenant General B. M. Bryan, Commanding General of the First Army; Mrs. Betty Talbot Blackwell, editor of "Mademoiselle" magazine and member of the Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services; Colonel Westray Battle Boyce Leslie (Ret), second director of the WAC; and Captain Moorsman from Fort Slocum.

Lieutenant Colonel Norma M. Flachsland, First Army WAC Staff Advisor (left) presents the first piece of cake to Mrs. Betsy Talbot Blackwell (second from left), editor of "Mademoiselle" magazine and member of the Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services, while former WAC director, Colonel Westray B. Leslie (Ret) (second from right) and First Army Commander, Lieutenant General B.M. Bryan (right) look on. The party, in celebration of the sixteenth anniversary of the Women's Army Corps, was held at Fort Jay, New York.

From left to right, Mrs. Betsy Talbot Blackwell, Editor-in-Chief of "Mademoiselle", Colonel Westray Battle Boyce Leslie (Ret), the second director of the WAC (1945-1947); Lieutenant Colonel Norma M. Flachsland, WAC Staff Advisor for the First Army at Fort Jay, Major General Robert H. Booth, Chief of Staff, First United States Army; Mrs. Webster Todd, and Mrs. Robert H. Booth. Lieutenant Colonel Flachsland and Major General Booth are cutting into a cake at a celebration of the fifteenth anniversary of the founding of the Women's Army Corps. Mrs. Blackwell and Mrs.

Women's Army Corps (WAC) Colonel Westray Battle Boyce (third from right) looks on while Captain Hammond cuts her "going away cake". The other WACs in the photograph are unidentified as is the exact date and location.