"Chaplain William T. Green reads the benediction at the marriage ceremony of Pfc. Florence A. Collins, a WAC of the 6888th Postal Directory Battalion, to Cpl. William A. Johnson of the 1696th Labor Supervision Co. This is the first Negro marriage to be performed in the European Theater of Operations

"The first Negro WACs to arrive on the continent of Europe were 800 girls of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Bn, who had also been the first to arrive in England. After the battalion had set up its facilities at Rouen, France, it held an `open house', which was attended by hundreds of Negro so

American Library Association - ALA - European - French - Scene at A.T.S. Salvage Office. Drive reading a book found by him. This is not a pose, the man being unconscious of the fact his picture was being taken. St. Nazaire, France

Mock wedding, N Street SW

Sunday Mass on Omaha Beach

"A contingent of 15 nurses,.arrive in the southwest Pacific area, received their first batch of home mail at their station." 268th Station Hospital, Australia. Three of the nurses are Lts. Prudence L. Burns, Inez Holmes, and Birdie E. Brown

"The first Negro to be commissioned in the Marine Corps has his second lieutenant's bars pinned on by his wife. He is Frederick C. Branch of Charlotte, NC."

SC 191925 - Chaplain Leonard Friss holds a mass in the field for members of an infantry regiment near Carentan. 15 July, 1944

"Cmdr. Thomas A. Gaylord, USN (Ret'd), administers oath to five new Navy nurses commissioned in New York."