Shipping Rosters, 1944–1945

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Shipping Rosters, 1944–1945

1944-1945

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/55317547

This series consists of shipping rosters related to contingents of the Women's Army Corps staff. Most rosters include the name of service person, grade, serial number, and branch of service. Some contingents' rosters also include a breakdown of jobs within that unit.

5 linear inches

eng, Latn

National Archives at College Park

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SNAC Resource ID: 11673072

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...