This article, by Virginia Van Der Veer, discusses the women from Alabama ("affectionately dubbed 'them wacky women' by regular soldiers") who applied to join the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps at Fort McClellan; it describes the selection process and...
This article discusses the training of Women's Army Auxiliary Corps officers at Fort Des Moines, Iowa, giving brief descriptions of the seven men who will teach them: "The officers insist they aren't afraid of the job of fitting women into what...
In the letter Paterson explains that the governor has just established a committee responsible for recruiting Alabama women to serve in the Women's Army Corps. He asks Scogin to appoint a woman from his city to serve on the committee.
This article discusses the activities and duties of the Women's Army Corps at Fort McClellan in Alabama; it includes photographs of the WACs at work, as well as interviews with women in several different departments on the base. "The WACs are...
2010-07-27
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