Index to a Women's Auxiliary Army Corps Historical Files, November 1942–December 1943

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Index to a Women's Auxiliary Army Corps Historical Files, November 1942–December 1943

1942-1943

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/24823718

This series consists of an index to correspondence concerning Women's Auxiliary Army Corps (WAAC) personnel matters, mostly requests for personnel from Service Commands, the Surgeon General, or other organizations.

4 linear inches

eng, Latn

National Archives at College Park

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SNAC Resource ID: 11673066

National Archives at College Park

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United States. Army. Women's Army Corps

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The Women's Army Corps (WAC) was the women's branch of the US Army. It was created as an auxiliary unit, the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps in 1942, and converted to full status as the WAC in 1943. Its first director was Oveta Culp Hobby, the wife of a prominent politician and publisher in Houston, Texas. About 150,000 American women served in the WAAC and WAC during World War II. They were the first women other than nurses to serve with the Army. While conservative opinion in the leadership of...