U.S. At War: U.S. At War, Feb. 28, 1944

POLISH WACS IN THE U.S.

These six young women, who have already learned how to cross their legs for U.S. photographers, call themselves Pestkas. Sent here by the Polish Government in Exile (loudly denounced by the Soviet Union as fascist), they have worked behind the lines with Polish troops in the Middle East. When they arrived in New York last week they headed straight for a coiffeur, then shopped for stockings, cosmetics, lingerie. Next stop: Buffalo's Polish colony.

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