Women soldiers

President Harry S. Truman shakes hands with members of the military at the Christmas Tree Lighting ceremony on the south lawn of the White House.

President Harry S. Truman inspecting a group of the Women's Army Corps while in Portland, Oregon.

Staff Sergeant Edith Royer, chief telephone operator of the switchboard at U. S. headquarters in Babelsburg, Germany during the Potsdam Conference. From Potsdam album, 1945.

Private First Class Gladys Bellon and Sergeant Robert Scott test phone lines in the frame room of the switchboard at the U. S. headquarters at the Potsdam Conference. From Potsdam album, 1945.

Staff Sergeant Lorraine Robitaille, switchboard supervisor at the United States headquarters at the Potsdam Conference. From Potsdam album, 1945.

Women's Army Corps telephone operators at the Potsdam Conference. From left to right are: Private First Class G. Vanhouten, Private Ella M. Hinkee, Sergeant G. Bielske, Private First Class Emma Latham, Private First Class Betty McClure, and Private First Class Erna Gundrum. From Potsdam album, 1945

Women's Army Corps Private First Class Isabella Hardacre handles the information phones at the headquarters switchboard at the Potsdam Conference. From Potsdam album, 1945.

Lieutenant May Felts, dietician to the U. S. forces during the Potsdam Conference at Potsdam, Germany, faces the dining room staff as she gives them final instructions regarding service to the members of the delegations. From left to right: T/5 Elva R. Hatton, Morehead, Kentucky; Private Harry E. Rimbach, Bangor, Maine; Private Jack Schwarz, Newark, Ohio; Private Ed Padden, Lackawanna, New York; Private First Class John Zerbe, Clemside, Ohio; Private First Class Jerry Zeleski, Detroit, Michigan; Private John Rock, Hampden, Massachusetts; Private Sam Di Antonio, Bronx, New York; Private P.

Private First Class William Gleason (left) of Somerville, Massachusetts, Military Policeman on duty at the gate entrance to the "Little White House," residence of President Truman during the Potsdam Conference, checks the passes of Corporal Mary W. Whiteus, Conesville, Ohio and Corporal Charlotte Szostek, Gary, Indiana, as they leave the area. They operate the telephone switchboard during the day shift. From Potsdam album, 1945