WAAC Company 177, 3rd Regiment, 1942
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Portrait of WAAC Company 177, 3rd Regiment, 1st WAAC Training Center, at Fort Des Moines, Iowa, 1942. The company was led by Captain Henry Daughters, Tactical Officer, and 3rd Officer Vonda Keith, Acting Company Commander, both pictured. The WAACs pictured wear the utility coat and service cap.
This file appears in: Fort Des Moines: Chronology
Fort Des Moines: Chronology
1901 Construction begins on the 400-acre base Fort Des Moines on Des Moines’ South Side.1903-1904 Two companies of the all-black U.S. Army 25th Infantry surprise Des Moines’ local citizens by arriving instead of white cavalry. The 25th had been…