"WAAC Officer Candidates Told Glamor Stuff is Strictly Out."
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 heretofore has been one of mere man'...
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Alabama Department of Archives and History
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| Summary: | 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 heretofore has been one of mere man's last citadels, the army....'A skirt and a pair of breeches are different garments,' observed Col. Don C. Faith...'That illustrates why WAAC regulations will not duplicate those of the army but will parallel them.'" |
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