When 74-year-old Arlene Banks joined the military in 1972, her father was less than thrilled. After reporting to Women’s Army ...

The only Women's Army Corps unit of color to serve overseas in World War II received a Congressional Gold Medal on Tuesday, exactly 80 years after pulling off an incredible organizational feat ...

Doris Fenner, who celebrates her 100th birthday on July 31, served in the Women's Army Corps. Fenner also served in the Army Reserves before retiring from an accounting business where she was a ...

WASHINGTON, D. C. - An all-female, all-Black Women’s Army Corps battalion who cleared out a 17 million-piece backlog of U.S. servicemember mail in World War II will receive the Congressional ...

KILLEEN – Retired U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Lillian Lennon joined the Women’s Army Corps after graduating high school in Brooklyn, New York, in 1970 and she remembers experiencing some ...

Doris Fenner, who celebrates her 100th birthday on July 31, served in the Women's Army Corps. Fenner also served in the Army Reserves before retiring from an accounting business where she was a ...

Drake, wearing her green Women’s Army Corps cap denoting the WAC Pittsburgh Chapter 120, was among 25 female veterans who gathered for food and fellowship at the Greensburg YWCA as part of a ...

Army Maj. Charity Adams (center, front) inspects members of the 6888th battalion in formation in Birmingham, England, in 1945. The Women's Army Corps battalion made history as the only all-female ...

Women's Army Corps, olive drab enlisted winter uniform worn by Alice Tetsuko Kono. Kono was born on the island of Lana'i, Hawai'i to Japanese immigrant parents.

Local women are working together to help support the Salvation Army Painesville Corps. The corps is working to start a new women’s auxiliary.