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Transportation Corps WACs fixing an Army Jeep, Seattle, July 1944
Order an ImageIn 1942, the U.S. Department of War recognized the need for a single manager of Army transportation and created a new branch, the Transportation Corps. The Transportation Corps’ primary function is movement control, and during WWII, the Transportation Corps moved over 30 million Soldiers in the United States and 7 million overseas, along with 126 million tons of cargo.
In this image two Women's Army Corps (WAC) members of the Transportation Corps, Sgt. Virginia Tawney of West Virginia, left, and Pfc. Mary Clinkscale of Maryland, work on an Army vehicle at the Seattle Port of Embarkation. In 1943, the Women's Army Corps (WAC) was formed as part of the U.S. Army; ultimately, 150,000 women served as WACs and Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAACs) during World War II.
Caption information source: "WAACs (Women's Army Auxiliary Corps), first in the Northwest, arrive at Fort Lawton in April 1943," by David Wilma, HistoryLink.org Essay 2920
Caption information source: http://www.transportation.army.mil/history
Caption information also derived from captions written by Signal Corps staff on the back of the photograph.
In this image two Women's Army Corps (WAC) members of the Transportation Corps, Sgt. Virginia Tawney of West Virginia, left, and Pfc. Mary Clinkscale of Maryland, work on an Army vehicle at the Seattle Port of Embarkation. In 1943, the Women's Army Corps (WAC) was formed as part of the U.S. Army; ultimately, 150,000 women served as WACs and Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAACs) during World War II.
Caption information source: "WAACs (Women's Army Auxiliary Corps), first in the Northwest, arrive at Fort Lawton in April 1943," by David Wilma, HistoryLink.org Essay 2920
Caption information source: http://www.transportation.army.mil/history
Caption information also derived from captions written by Signal Corps staff on the back of the photograph.
ID Number: 2003.57.6
Date: 1944
Creator(s):
Signal Corps, U. S. Army, Photographer
Physical Description: 1 photographic print : b&w ; 8 x 10 in.
Additional Information: Digital copy of this item available thanks to funding from a 2016 Institute for Museum and Library Services grant.
Credit: MOHAI, Seattle Port of Embarkation Collection, 2003.57.6
Copyright: All Rights Reserved
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