Digital image of Major (Ret.) Fannie Griffin McClendon holding WAC portrait

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A color digital image of Major (Ret.) Fannie Griffin McClendon holding a black-and-white 1942 image of four women enlisted in the Women’s Army Corps (WAC). McClendon is holding the gold ornate-framed image with both hands and in front of her, covering her mouth and chest. She is sitting on a couch, with an Air Force pillow visible in the lower left corner. In the image McClendon is holding, McClendon is standing on the far left and the four women are standing side-by-side in their uniform in front of the Fort Des Moines Mess Hall with McClendon on the far left.

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