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Officers confer after morning roll call - Left to Right: Second Officers Irma Cayton C.O., Violet Askins, Exec O. aka Violet Hill Gordon, Fort Huachuca
1942		 Image: see caption below
Four African-American women from the Chicago area being inducted - Left to right: Unknown, Mildred Osby, Sara Emmet, Irma Cayton, Violet Askins aka Violet Hill Gordon
1942
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Row 1: Frances Alexander, Glendora Moore, Row 2: Corrinna Skerrard, Violet Askins, Irma Cayton, Vera Harrison; after deployment to Ft. Huachuca
1942		 Image: see caption below
Seconding Commanding Officer Violet W. Askins aka Violet Hill Gordon, Chicago, Illinois; photo taken on completing of OCS in the first class of women in what would become the Women's Army Corps
1942
 
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