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WAC Private First Class Dorothy A. Millard of Manchester New Hampshire, collects shoulder patches as a hobby. She is photographed here sewing a new patch onto her bathrobe. Millard was stationed with the WAC 6669th Headquarters Platoon supporting the Fifth Army somewhere in the San Marco Area, Italy.

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Young Maquisard, South of France. French Resistance had a rather broader profile in relatively remote, rural areas, particularly where hills, mountains and wilderness might be involved. Nancy Wake, Ss Officer, Resistance Fighter, French Resistance, Bare Hands, Historia Universal, Heck Yeah, Brave Women, Female Soldier

French Resistance had a rather broader profile in relatively remote, rural areas, particularly where hills, mountains and wilderness might be involved. While positive Resistance activity in cities might have consisted of the usual Gaulllist, Communist, Jewish and so on categories, out in the hills this profile broadened to include really large bodies of "Maquisards" whose main (often only) contribution to the struggle was to hide in the hills so as to avoid transportation to Germany as…

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Shirley Slade Was One Of More Than 1000 Women Who Had Been Solicited By The U.S. Government To Enter An Intensive Seven-Month Training Course That Would Make Them The First Female Pilots To Enter The Air Force Vintage Photos, Wasp, Military Aircraft, Mode Poses, Circus Performers, Female Pilot, Military Women, Dieselpunk, Historical Photos

Severe pilot shortages of World War II led to the recruitment of women into the Air Force. By recruiting women, the Air Force could maintain delivery of aircraft, ferry supplies, and perform other non-combative functions that fueled the war efforts. Collectively, the group would become known as WASPs: Women Airforce Service Pilots. As the war wound down, men returning from combat took the WASPs' places as active-duty pilots. Slade was trained to fly the B-26 and B-39. Photo of Casey Drabble…

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