Us Official Photographs

WACs leave ETO

Part of the first group of high-point WAC's to leave the ETO for return to the U.S. for discharge, wave goodbye from inside a Douglas C-47 which carried them from 9th AF Division Hqts., Namur, Belgium to Compiègne, France on the initial stage of their homeward journey. All have more than two years service overseas. None have essential job classifications. Seated on the duffle bag in center is S/Sgt. Evelyn J. O'Neil of Alexandria, Va., supply sergeant with 70 points. Others seated in plane (left to right) are: Sgt. Verna L. Patton of Beaver Dam, Ky., clerk, 71 points; Sgt. Margaret E. Streibich of Lebanon, Ind., clerk, 70 points; Cpl. Lima J. Sponaugle of Circleville, W. Va., cook, 71 points; Pfc. Ann Stegura of Uniontown, Pa., telephone operator, 70 points., S/Sgt. Norma E. Harvey of Spartanburg, S.C., telephone operator, 70 points; Pvt. Shirley A. Scott of Rochester, N.Y., teletype operator, 70 points; Cpl. Aurice E. LampHERE of Milwaukee, Wisc., teletype operator, 74 points; Pfc. Florence V. Slavin of Nash-ville, Tenn., teletype operator, 70 points, Pfc. Neeltje Pizzutos of Sodus, N.Y., teletype operator, 70 points; and Pfc. Llewellyn M. Grayson of Asbury Park, N.J., teletype operator, 70 points.