Word: waacs
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...days Washington and the U.S. Lave hissed with rumors of WAAC immorality and misconduct, which have made many women reluctant to enlist. O'Donnell gave the rumors wings and beak, reporting the rumors and then refuting them in such a way as to leave doubt whether he was taking it back...
...rose Director Oveta Gulp Hobby: "There is absolutely no foundation of truth in the statement." Tough old War Secretary Henry L. Stimson was moved to issue a formal statement: "... I have made a thorough investigation of all these rumors.* They are completely false. . . . Anything which would interfere with [WAAC] recruiting or destroy the reputation of this corps and, by so doing, interfere with increase in combat strength of our Army, would [aid] the enemy...
This problem of rank to Bill Farrell is becoming graver every day ... 'Tis rumored the First Lt. WAAC to whom he is engaged is about to be promoted to Captain ... They say being a House-husband...
...receiving line, an Army nurse became flustered, told him she was wearing a Navy nurse's uniform, had to be corrected by her companion. A WAVE ensign, Mary Elizabeth Birch, 23, asked him to dance. An unidentified WAAC tried to cut in, was shooed away by Secret Service men. In the midst of the party the Duke disappeared, was found in a corner talking to a group of he-soldiers...
Slow Retreat. The trouble with the WAAC has been the trouble with the people: a slow retreat from apathy and prejudice-in the home and in the Army-toward the necessity and importance of women...