General Information

Author/Creator

Treadwell, Mattie E.

Language

English.

Published

Washington, D.C. : Office of the Chief of Military History, Dept. of the Army : For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. G.P.O, 1954, c1953.

Physical Description

xxvi, 841 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Series

United States Army in World War II. Special studies

Subjects

Subject

United States. Army. Women's Army Corps.

World War, 1939-1945 > Women.

Bibliographic Information

Responsibility

by Mattie E. Treadwell.

Content

Pt. I. Organization and growth of a Women's Corps. 1. From 1776 to World War II -- 2. Establishment of the WAAC -- 3. The WAAC's first summer -- 4. September-October 1942: beginnings of field duties -- 5. November 1942-January 1942: plans for a million WAACs -- 6. The need for military status -- 7. Spring 1943: expansion and decentralization -- 8. Stresses of rapid build-up: personnel and training -- 9. Stresses of rapid build-up: supply and the WAAC uniform -- 10. Stresses of rapid build-up: recruiting -- 11. The "slander campaign" -- 12. July-September 1943: the conversion to army status -- 13. Attempts to revive recruiting -- 14, Integration into the army -- 15. Removal of director"s office to G-1 division -- Pt. II. World-wide employment. 16. The Army Air Forces -- 17. The Army Ground Forces -- 18. The Army Service Forces -- 19. The Medical Department (ASF) -- 20. The North African and Mediterranean theaters -- 21. The European theater of operations -- 22. The Southwest Pacific area -- 23. Other overseas theaters -- 24. The Office of the Director WAC -- Pt. III. War Department policy concerning the Women's Army Corps. 25. Legal, social, and moral problems -- 26. Housing, food, and clothing -- 27. The employment of personnel: enlisted women -- 28. The employment of personnel: officers -- 29. The employment of personnel: overseas shipment -- 30. The employment of personnel: minority groups -- 31. Health and medical care -- 32. Training -- 33. The leadership of women -- 34. Recruiting and publicity -- Pt. IV. Last days of the wartime WAC. 35. 1945: the closing months of the war -- 36. Demobilization -- 37. Evaluation and recommendations.

Library Special Collection

HU OSA 300 - RFE/RL collection

Holdings

Item Type	Current Location	Collection	Call Number	Volume Info	Shelving Location	Public Note
Book	OSA Archivum Library	General collection	305.4/09/73 TRE		OSA Repository	-

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