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[Wounded Soldiers at Purple Heart Presentation]

Description: Photograph of wounded servicemen at a presentation of Purple Hearts in Noumea, New Caledonia in August of 1944 in the middle of a large dirt area. On the right stands two rows of injured servicemen at attention, and on the right more servicemen standing at attention with a row sitting in the center on folding chairs due to leg injuries. The dirt area has been carved out of rolling hills that appear in the background of the photo. A portion of the camp can also be seen in the background.
Date: August 1944
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Servicemen and Nurses Standing on Steps]

Description: Photograph of two unidentified servicemen standing on a short set of wooden steps with two nurses. They are looking at the camera. The office on the left is wearing a uniform that includes a hat. The woman next to him is wearing pants and a button-up shirt. The man on her left is wearing a similar outfit and is wearing glasses. The nurse on the right of the photo is wearing a knee-length skirt and short-sleeved shirt and safari-style hat. The steps lead to a deck in front of a building. A coat … more
Date: 1945~
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Purple Heart Presentation at New Caledonia]

Description: Photograph of a field where a presentation of Purple Hearts is taking place in Noumea, New Caledonia on August 1944. On the left stand a 2 groups of service members standing at attention, in the center stands another group at attention with one member standing with the American flag and a group of women are lined up facing them. On the right side of the photograph stands service members amongst some folding chairs, and a service band.
Date: August 1944
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Ungroomed Marines Being Addressed by Officer]

Description: Photograph of a presentation of Purple Hearts in Noumea, New Caledonia, in August of 1944. Four Marines are lined up and standing at attention for an officer standing in front of them, while women service members hold papers off to the left alongside another officer.
Date: August 1944
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Mary Lou Laager With Group]

Description: Photograph of Mary Lou Laager dressed in nurse whites standing in the center of four men. Mary is holding hands with the man on her left. The group is standing in front of some parked cars and palm trees and all but the man on the far left are wearing leis.
Date: 1942~
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Members of the Women's Auxiliary Corps Fishing]

Description: Photograph of WAC members fishing with poles on a small boat and from a dock in Fort Myers, Florida. On the left stand two women on the curved wooden dock with fishing poles, the first one in a white bathing suit and the other in full uniform. On the right in a small boat sits a woman in a black bathing suit and no fishing pole and to her right sit two women in uniform with fishing poles.
Date: 1943~
Creator: United States. Army Air Forces
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Members of the Women's Auxiliary Corps Playing Tabletop Tennis]

Description: Photograph of four unknown members of the women's Auxiliary Corps playing Tabletop Tennis with two unidentified male officers. On the right one of the women leans on a palm tree with a one of the officers. On the left side of tennis table stand two women with paddles in hand, and on the right, there is a woman with the other officer also holding paddles. Behind all of them is a beach with palm trees and a small boat and oar resting on the sand.
Date: 1943~
Creator: United States. Army Air Forces
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Members of the Women's Auxiliary Corps Laughing With Officers]

Description: Photograph of three members of the Women's Auxiliary Corps talking and laughing with two officers. On the right stands one of the officers with two women in uniform beside him. In front of them sitting on a bench is the other officer with his legs crossed sitting next to a woman in uniform.
Date: 1943~
Creator: United States. Army Air Forces
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Women's Auxiliary Corps Members Playing Beach Vollyeball With Men]

Description: Photograph of members of the Women's auxiliary Corps and officers/soldiers playing volleyball on the beach. On the right side of the volleyball net stands a man in swim trunks, three women in bathing suits and another man in swim trunks. In the center by the far volleyball net pole, stand two women in full uniform underneath a single palm tree. On the left side of the volleyball net a woman in a bathing suit is jumping with a volleyball suspended in air above her, she is blocking man in swims t… more
Date: 1943~
Creator: United States. Army Air Forces
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Members of the Women's Auxiliary Corps Hanging Out by a Pool]

Description: Photograph of members of the Women's Auxiliary Corps and some male soldiers in and standing next to pool in Florida. On the right side of the image stand a cluster of 3 women in the pool, two women standing on the ladder out the pool and a woman in a swim cap crouching down outside the pool by the ladder. Behind where the pool ladder is there are two women standing in full uniform. There are several men and women milling about in the background amongst the palm trees.
Date: 1943~
Creator: United States. Army Air Forces
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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