Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps. (WAAC) Capt. Charity Adams of Columbia, N.C., who was commissioned from the first officer candidate class and was the first of her group to receive a commission, leads her company on the drill ground at the first WAAC Training Center at Fort Des Moines in May 1943. Photo courtesy of the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, 531334. Colorized by Kathy Downing.