NEWS
Vol. 2, No. 30
FORT DES MOOES, IOWA
May 13, 1944
SECOND ANNIVERSARY FINDS
IN 48 STATES AND
SECOND W
ANNIVERSARY
NUMBER
WACS
SEVEN FOREIGN COUNTRIES
The Women's Army Corps is now
in the throes of its second anniversary. When the bill was signed
by the President on May 15, 1942,
it set the ultimate strength of the
WAAC to 150,000. With the Corps
now part of the Army, the requests
for WACs total 600,000.
On Hay 11, 1943, before the
bill was signed on July 1, making
the Corps part of the Army, WAAC
forces had been installed in 83
Army posts, camps, and stations
throughout the United States and
embraced 142 Amy classified jobs.
And the arrival of the first contingent of WAACs at Gen. Dwight
Eisenhower's headquarters in North
Africa had been announced. To
date, Wacs are serving in Army installations in every state in the
Union and in tne District of Columbia. They are serving overseas
in England, North Africa, New Caledonia, India, Hawaii, Italy and
New Guinea, They are filling more
than 239 Army jobs.
Here on the Post, women have
taken over jobs formerly held by
men. There are Wacs serving as
Sergeant Majors, File Clerks, Message Center Clerks, Truck Drivers,
Mess Sergeants and Cooks, ind Projectionists operating .raining
films in School theaters. In fact
every job is done by Wacs in the
Training Center with the exception
of heavy repair work in Motor
Transport. Some of them are even
doing that. In Boomtown where "the
Wacs are living, the area has been
taken over by the WAC MPs. In
downtown Des Moines, the WAC MPs
are assisting the male MPs with
the Wacs.
The Corps was established for
one purpose: that members would
(Continued on page 2."
NEWS
Vol. 2, No. 30
FORT DES MOOES, IOWA
May 13, 1944
SECOND ANNIVERSARY FINDS
IN 48 STATES AND
SECOND W
ANNIVERSARY
NUMBER
WACS
SEVEN FOREIGN COUNTRIES
The Women's Army Corps is now
in the throes of its second anniversary. When the bill was signed
by the President on May 15, 1942,
it set the ultimate strength of the
WAAC to 150,000. With the Corps
now part of the Army, the requests
for WACs total 600,000.
On Hay 11, 1943, before the
bill was signed on July 1, making
the Corps part of the Army, WAAC
forces had been installed in 83
Army posts, camps, and stations
throughout the United States and
embraced 142 Amy classified jobs.
And the arrival of the first contingent of WAACs at Gen. Dwight
Eisenhower's headquarters in North
Africa had been announced. To
date, Wacs are serving in Army installations in every state in the
Union and in tne District of Columbia. They are serving overseas
in England, North Africa, New Caledonia, India, Hawaii, Italy and
New Guinea, They are filling more
than 239 Army jobs.
Here on the Post, women have
taken over jobs formerly held by
men. There are Wacs serving as
Sergeant Majors, File Clerks, Message Center Clerks, Truck Drivers,
Mess Sergeants and Cooks, ind Projectionists operating .raining
films in School theaters. In fact
every job is done by Wacs in the
Training Center with the exception
of heavy repair work in Motor
Transport. Some of them are even
doing that. In Boomtown where "the
Wacs are living, the area has been
taken over by the WAC MPs. In
downtown Des Moines, the WAC MPs
are assisting the male MPs with
the Wacs.
The Corps was established for
one purpose: that members would
(Continued on page 2."
