October 1942. Long Beach, California. “Women are trained to do precise and vital engine installation detail in Douglas Aircraft Co. plants.” boredpanda
October 1942. “Women are trained as engine mechanics in thorough Douglas training methods. Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, California.” boredpanda
June 1942. Engine inspector for North American Aviation at Long Beach, California. boredpanda
October 1942. Inglewood, California. “Young woman employee of North American Aviation working over the landing gear mechanism of a P-51 fighter plane.” boredpanda
October 1942. Long Beach, California. “Girl riveting machine operator at the Douglas Aircraft Company plant joins sections of wing ribs to reinforce the inner wing assemblies of B-17F heavy bombers.” boredpanda
Women employed as roundhouse wipers having lunch, Chicago & North Western Railroad, Clinton, Iowa. Marcella Hart is at left, Mrs. Elibia Siematter at right. April 1943. boredpanda
Working on a “Vengeance” dive-bomber at Vultee-Nashville. February 1943. boredpanda
February 1943. Heil & Co., Milwaukee. “Agnes Cliemka, age 23, her husband may be going into the service any day. Agnes used to work in a department store. Checking fuel hose on gasoline trailer before it is turned over to the Air Force.” boredpanda
October 1942. Girl worker at lunch also absorbing California sunshine, Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach. boredpanda
October 1942. Engine installers at Douglas Aircraft in Long Beach, California. boredpanda
October 1942. Lathe operator machining parts for transport planes at the Consolidated Aircraft plant in Fort Worth, Texas. boredpanda
Fee Perez inspects .30 caliber rifle and machine gun bullets at Remington Arms Company’s Bridgeport, Connecticut, plant alongside a photo of her husband, Melburn, who is serving overseas. History
Women at work in a munitions factory during World War Two © East Midlands Regional Archive Council
Group of Army Nurses of the 10th Field Hospital (400-bed capacity) posing in front of a 1/4-Ton Truck. The 10th Field Hospital arrived in the MTO March 19, 1943, spending more than a year in Tunisia, Sicily, and Italy, finally being transferred on November 1, 1944, where it saw action at the French Riviera and in the Moselle area. med-dept
Nurses of the 13th Field Hospital are enjoying lunch, the picture was taken on Omaha Beach. The 13th was the first Field Hospital to land on June 7, 1944, and due to a congested and only partially organized beachhead, only went into operation June 10. med-dept
U.S. Army Nurses enjoying the amenities of British country life … all Nurses seem to wear the Wool Olive Drab Dark Shade No. 51 Winter Uniform, except the woman to the right, who looks like she is wearing the One-Piece OD Winter Dress. The photo was taken in Swindon, England, mid-April 1944. The 250th Station Hospital Nurses temporarily joined the “Nurses Provisional Battalion” at Swindon awaiting a change of Station. From L to R: Second Lieutenants Frances E. Dunning; Jean H. Duffy; Marie L. Lowe; Ann Heiser; Marion E. Castrodale; Faith A. Oldham; Gwyneth Edge; Doris M. Allshouse; Beatrice O. Patterson. med-dept
Picture showing a group of Nurses belonging to the 250th Station Hospital. Note the Nurses are wearing cotton Seersucker Uniforms with appropriate Caps, and are draped in old dark blue Capes. The photo was taken in Grimsditch, England, end May, early June 1944. med-dept
Malinta Tunnel hospital ward, Philippines. Armed Forces Institute of Pathology.
WW2 recruitment poster designed to encourage women to actively become involved with the Army Nurse Corps. med-dept
In many nations, women were encouraged to join female branches of the armed forces or participate in industrial or farm work. Wikipedia
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