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Category: WAAC

  • Many US Women Eager to Join Army Corp

    Source: UP. “Many US Women Eager to Join Army Corp.” Princeton Daily Clarion, 2 Feb. 1942, p. 1. https://www.newspapers.com/article/princeton-daily-clarion/136814141/

  • Washington

    Source: Stewart, Charles P. “Washington.” Republican and Herald, 31 Mar. 1942, p. 2. https://www.newspapers.com/article/republican-and-herald/138114952/

  • Relax, Girls! Lady Soldiers May Use Lipstick, Nail Polish

    Source: Klein, Sandor S. “Relax, Girls! Lady Soldiers May Use Lipstick, Nail Polish.” The Montgomery Advertiser, 17 May 1942, p. 8. https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-montgomery-advertiser/137087130/

  • AND CIVILIAN DEFENSE,ARMY: WAAC’s First Muster

    The Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps had openings for 450 officers. On the first day, bemused Army recruiting officers gave out 13,208 long, pink application blanks, explained 13,208 times that an applicant must be between her 21st and 50th birthdays* (no, she must not fib about her age), must be between five and six feet tall,…

  • Strip-Tease WAAC Problem for Des Moines Officers

    Source: “Strip-Tease WAAC Problem for Des Moines Officers.” The Tampa Tribune, 5 Dec. 1942, p. 3. https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tampa-tribune/137083125/

  • Need for WACS Greater Than Army Recruiters Can Supply

    Source: “Need for WACS Greater Than Army Recruiters Can Supply.” The Atlanta Constitution, 18 Apr. 1943, p. 57. https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-atlanta-constitution/137959935/

  • Army & Navy – Stepsister Corps

    The Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps will be a year old next week. It has been a hard year because it was the first, with the administrative aches and growing pains of any big, new organization. Director Oveta Culp Hobby announced that enrollment had reached 58,100 by mid-April. That unvarnished figure meant, at first sight, that…

  • New WAC Goal Set At Half Million

    Source:”‚“New WAC Goal Set At Half Million.” Tulsa World, 6 July 1943, p. 5. https://www.newspapers.com/article/tulsa-world/137971622/ NEWSREEL: The president has signed the bill changing the WAAC to the Women”™s Army Corps (WAC), giving its members full Army status and commissioned rank. TIME CAPSULE: Once more, the recently arrived WACs took precedence over the well-established group of…

  • HISTORY – EQUALITY: Why Four Black Women Stood Up to the US Army During World War II

    November 11, 2021 – Earlier this year, the women of the 6888th Postal Battalion Directory got a step closer to finally receiving the recognition they deserve. The Senate passed legislation to award the only all-Black Women”™s Army Corps (WACs) deployed overseas during World War II the Congressional Gold Medal. The “Six Triple Eight” self-contained postal unit completed the…