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18 WACS Missing on African Flight
Article from the New York Times about the 18 WACs missing on a flight from Africa. The article highlights the service of Pfc. Frieda Friend specifically.
1202 AAF BU HQ
Sketch of 1202d Army Air Forces Base Unit Headquarters, Central AFrican Division, ATC. Signature by Pvt. Kay M. Wiest.
Wacs at Accra Find Maids to Make Beds
Article from an unknown newspaper outlining the lifestyle of the WAC Detachment at Accra on the Gold Coast of Africa, now Ghana.
159 WACs Arrive for Duty on African Gold Coast
Press Release drawn up by the War Department documenting the first WAC Detachment in Accra on the Gold Coast of Africa. The last page of the release is missing.
18 WACs Feared Lost Over Africa
Article from a Baltimore newspaper documents the loss of 18 WACs in North Africa after a plane crash.
Missing Wacs are Part of Overseas Contingent - Women Were in Army Plane Lost off Africa Coast
Article from the New York Herald Tribune details the 18 WACs missing off the coast of North Africa. The article specifically mentions Pfc. Helen Rozzelle, Pfc. Wilma Liles, and Pfc. Rose Brohinsky.
Lt. Marjorie Raynor in Accra
Photograph of Lt. Marjorie Raynor riding a donkey in uniform surrounded by local people and what appear to be mud or clay walls .
Army Plane, 18 WACs Lost
Article from the Boston Herald about the 18 missing WACs and their plane, the pilot of whom was from Boston.
