Reva Ingram Fortune Collection

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WACS stand at attention, Fort Myers Fl., AAF Flexible Gunnery School, August 1943
WAAC unit of Reva Ingram Fortune in retreat formation at Buckingham Army Air Field at Fort Myers, Florida, in the summer of 1943.
WACs assisting paratroopers
Privates Thea Coates, Mattie Turner, and Francis Cockran, members of the WAC detachment of the Parachute School, assist soldiers in dropping an equipment bundle from the door of an army transport plane over Fort Benning, Georgia. Photo by U.S. Army Signal Corps
WACs by a jeep
Reva Ingram Fortune (right) and three other WACs pose on and beside an army vehicle at Buckingham Army Air Field, Fort Myers, Florida. Another woman can be seen behind the wheel.
WACs dining in the mess hall
Seven WACs in various uniforms dine off of trays at a table in the mess hall at Buckingham Army Air Field, circa 1945.
WACs in group shot, Fort Myers, Florida
Photograph of a group of WAC [Women's Army Corps] members stationed at Fort Myers, Florida. Most are attired in WAC summer uniforms with standard neckties, but two appear to be attired in non-regulation gowns. A poster with the words "Save Freedom of Worship" can be discerned on the wall behind the WACs. " Lettering on front of the photograph reads:"BPL3G25-3 Lt. Smith and WACS AAFFGS BAAF Ft. Myers FLA." Writing on the rear of the photograph reads:"Army Air Forces Training Command"
WACs march in President Roosevelt Memorial Parade
Lt. Husmann takes the WAC squadron in review as a part of the President Roosevelt Memorial Parade, probably April 1945. Credit: U.S. Army Air Forces Flying Training Command
WASP Jacqueline Cochran visits Ft. Myers
Jacqueline Cochran, Chief of WASPs, visits with WACs at Buckingham Army Air Field in Fort Myers, Florida. The women, in khaki uniforms with pants, pose in front of a map on March 15, 1944.
Women's Army Corps khaki hobby hat
Women's Army Corps (WAC) khaki summer visored hat, with chin strap placed above visor, and enlisted insignia. Referred to as "Hobby Hat" after the director of the WAC, Oveta Culp Hobby. Worn by Reva Ingram Fortune from 1943 to 1945.
Women's Army Corps khaki uniform
Women's Army Corps khaki summer uniform with four gold buttons, two pocket flaps, two slash pockets, Pallas Athene disc on right collar,"U.S." disc on left collar, epaulets, and pins on both lapels. Worn with khaki shirtwaist and tie. Worn by Reva Ingram Fortune while in the Army Air Forces from 1944 to 1946.

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