November 2011
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Marie Hansen’s striking 1942 striking photograph of Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps members (WAACs) donning gas masks at Fort Des Moines, Iowa, illustrates enduring themes from the war: fear, courage, and — in an unsubtle message to the country as a whole — unity in the face of an unknown threat.