United States. Army. Women's Army Auxiliary Corps
Dates
- Existence: 1942 - 1943
administrative history
The Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) was a military support organization associated with the United States Army.
The WAAC was established by Congress in 1942, allowing women to contribute to the U.S. war effort during World War II. The WAACs were not part of the Army, but worked in support functions such as clerical work, switchboard operation, motor pool, weather observation, and control tower operations. The organization was integrated into the regular Army in 1943 as the Women’s Army Corps.
Citation:
NUCMC data from Stephen F. Austin Univ. Lib. for Army Administration School (Nacogdoches, Tex.). Records, 1943-1944 (name not given)LC manual auth. cd. (hdg. for: United States. Army. Women’s Army Corps: Women's Army Auxiliary Corps, WAAC, est. by exec. order approved 5/14/42; name changed to Women's Army Corps by leg. signed 7/2/43)
NUCMC data from Univ. of Ill. at Urbana-Champaign Archives for Pease, T.C. Papers, 1915-1944 (Women's Auxiliary Training Corps (1942-1943))
U.S. Army Center of Military History, via WWW, Nov. 5, 2013: Women's Army Corps (Women's Army Auxiliary Corps; est. May 14, 1942 by Congress; auxiliary working with the Army, not members of Army; women performed support functions, including clerical work, switchboard operation, motor pool, weather observers, control tower operators; integrated into regular Army as Women’s Army Corps in 1943)
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Marjorie Shumway papers, 1936-2006
Contains scrapbooks, artifacts, military papers, including a collection of V-mails, and letters belonging to Marjorie Shumway relating to her service in the Women's Army Corps, and to her hometown in Arizona. Dated 1936 to 2006.
Virginia Dixon Schugk autobiography
Typescript of an autobiography, photocopies of letters and programs from social events, and photocopies of family photographs. Original photographs have been transferred to the photoarchives. Schugk discusses her childhood and education in Provo, Utah. She describes her activities as a WAAC in Italy during World War II. She speaks of her family members, her marriage and children, and her social and Mormon Church activities.
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