General Orders, January 11, 1943–October 31, 1943

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General Orders, January 11, 1943–October 31, 1943

1943

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/12012733

This series consists of general orders issued by four Women's Auxiliary Army Corps (WAAC) training commands, located at Daytona Beach, Florida (later moved to Martinsburg, West Virginia); Monticello, Arkansas; and Ruston, Louisiana. All four training commands were disbanded by October 31, 1943.

2 linear inches

eng, Latn

National Archives at College Park

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SNAC Resource ID: 11673070

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...