Mildred C. Bailey papers, 1942-1979.

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Mildred C. Bailey papers, 1942-1979.

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Contains the following type of materials: oral histories. Contains information pertaining to the following wars and time periods: World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War. Contains information pertaining to the following military units and organizations: Women's Army Auxiliary Corps; Women's Army Corps; 66th Counter Intelligence Corps Detachment; Military District of Washington. General description of the collection: Mildred C. Bailey papers include general officer's memoirs and information on the following topics: uniform designs, George Field, Ill., morale, duties at Craig Field, Ala., training of French air crews, demobilization, Germany, post World War Europe, integration of Women's Army Corps, women in the Army, Fort McClelland, William Westmoreland, director of the Women's Army Corps from 1971-1975.

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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...

United States. Army. Women's Army Auxiliary Corps

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Bailey, Mildred C., 1919-2009

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Mildred C. Bailey enlisted in the Army in 1942 as an officer candidate and had initial training at Fort Des Moines, Iowa. She married during World War II. During her military career she saw greater integration of women into the Army. From the description of Mildred C. Bailey papers, 1942-1979. (US Army, Mil Hist Institute). WorldCat record id: 46962503 Mildred C. Bailey was a United States (U.S.) woman Army officer. She enlisted in the Army in 1942 as an officer candidate an...

United States. Army

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The United States Army is the largest branch of the United States Armed Forces and performs land-based military operations. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States and is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution, Article 2, Section 2, Clause 1 and United States Code, Title 10, Subtitle B, Chapter 301, Section 3001. As the largest and senior branch of the U.S. military, the modern U.S. Army has its roots in the Continental Army, which wa...