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Title	[French women march in Paris parade, 1945]
Date	1945-05
Subject headings	World War, 1939-1945
Era	World War II era (1940-1946)
Service branch	Other--British WAC
Item description	A platoon of french army women march in a parade down the Champs-Elysées celebrating the third anniversary of women in the army in the U.S. in May 1945. They are dressed in their national service dress uniforms. The Le Select restaurant can be seen in the background.
Veteran's name	Broomfield, Florence Beatrice O'Brien
Veteran's biography	Florence B. O'Brien Broomfield, a British Citizen who was born in the United States, enrolled in the Women's Army Corps (WAC)as a "Limey WAC" in 1944."
Place	Champs-Elysées (Paris, France)
Type	image
Original format	photographs
Image type	Full uniform
Original publisher	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified]
Contributing institution	Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries
Source collection	WV0466 Florence Beatrice O'Brien Broomfield Photographs
Rights statement	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Additional rights information	IN COPYRIGHT. This item is subject to copyright. Contact the rights holder noted above for permission to reuse. Agence Photographic A.B.C. Reproduction forbidden.
Object ID	WV0466.6.001
Digital publisher	The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, University Libraries, PO Box 26170, Greensboro NC 27402-6170, 336.334.5304 -- http://library.uncg.edu/
OCLC number	900815314

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