Missing in Action: The Accra WACs
Pictured here is a sketch of the WAC Squadron Day Room done by Pvt. Kay Wiest of the squadron in October 1944. Pvt. Wiest taught art therapy to wounded soldiers and documented her service through her art.
Arrival and Mission
The WACs of Squadron D, 1202d Army Air Forces Base Unit were the first to be assigned to the African Gold Coast. Comprising 159 WACs, the squadron arrived in October of 1944 and began their assignment in the Air Transport Command's Central African Division as clerks, typists, and drivers, supporting the transportation of troops and supplies.
