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Coordinating local transportation
Private First Class Myriam Justman coordinates the local French taxi drivers to enable U.S. Army transportation within the city of Paris, France. At the height of the Red Ball Express she was in charge of 40 cabs. At the time this photogra…
WAC Directs Paris Taxi Drivers
This press release discusses the work of Private Myriam Justman who coordinates the Taxi cabs in Paris which are used by the Transportation Corps.
Christening of the WAC Blazer
Corporal Maxine Vaught christens the Army locomotive, the WAC Blazer, in November 1944. Pictured at the bottom left of the photograph is Lt. Col. Anna Wilson, WAC Director in the ETO. At center is, Maj. Gen. Frank Ross, Chief of Transporta…
WAC Guidon, 29th Traffic Regulating Group
This guidon was carried by 1st Sgt. Gladys Parker as the 29th Traffic Regulating Group became the first full WAC unit to march into the newly-liberated Paris on 8 September 1944.
The Way It Was With the WAC
Capt. Joy Fincke recounts her experiences with the Women's Army Corps throughout the duration of her service, to include commanding the 29th Traffic Regulating Group.
Letter from Maj. Gen. Frank Ross to Tech Sgt. Mary McLean, 1945.
Maj. Gen. Ross writes to Tech Sgt. McLean thanking her for leaving her photograph behind after she was reassigned elsewhere. McLean had served as the general's secretary and he says that "for the Transportation Corps in general and myself …
Christmas Card to Maj. Gen. Frank Ross, 1944
A WAC Christmas Card signed by all the women of the 29th Traffic Regulating Group for Maj. Gen. Frank Ross. The accompanying memo are faux Army Orders from "Nuevo Anno" to a "favorite person" of the 29th.
Sgt. Betty Glanville checks the makeup of hospital trains.
Sgt. Betty Glanville, 29th Traffic Regulating Group, checks the makeup of all the hospital trains in the 2nd Military Railway Service.
Letter from Maj. Gen. Frank Ross to Capt. Joy Fincke, 1944.
Maj. Gen. Ross thanks Capt. Fincke for the Christmas Card sent to him from the 29th Traffic Regulating Group. He asks Fincke to accept his "appreciation of the splendid work which your organization has rendered for the Transportation Corps…
