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LEADS FIRST WAC UNIT IN FRANCE
FIRST LT. FRANCES E. SCAFIDE
The following is an excerpt from “Stars and Stripes” a publication in France:	Eighty	"WACS	have	arriv-
ed at an advance section of communications zone headquarters in the first convoy to be driven in France by WAC drivers. The women, who are now the WACS stationed closest to the front lines, were transported in 38 vehicles, ranging from jeeps to heavy trucks.
The women, assigned as stenographers, clerks and secretaries, made the 400 miles with only one mishap —a flat tire.
The contingent was led by acting First Sergeant Gertrude M. Klug-hery of Mankats, Minn., and commanded by First Lieut. Frances E. Scafide, of Bay St. Louis, Miss.”
Miss Scafide is the daughter of the Jlate Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Scafide.
I She is a graduate of St. Joseph Academy and the Louisiana State j University. She entered the service • in May of 1942.
I It is always a pleasure to have (this type of news of Bay St. Louisians.