Author: Bettie J. Morden
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1105093565
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 552
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After yearsout of print, this new and redesigned book brings back the best and most complete history of the Women's Army Corps. Loaded with history, tables, charts, statistics, photos, personalities, and many useful appendices (including a history of WAC uniforms), The Women's Army Corps, 1945-1978 is must reading for anyone who served those years in the Army as well as for those who want a complete history of the modern-day military. Author Bettie Morden served from 1942-1972 and she used her experience and access to people and records to compile the definitive reference work. Col. Morden is a graduate of the WAC Officers' Advanced Course (1962); Command and General Staff College (1964); and the Army Management School (1965). She has been awarded the Distinguished Service Medal, the Legion of Merit, the Joint Service Commendation Medal, and the Army Commendation Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster.
Author: Mattie Treadwell
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781946411884
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Languages : en
Pages :
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Author: Judith Bellafaire
Publisher: Army Center of Military History
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 32
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Author: Judith Bellafaire
Publisher: Army Center of Military History
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 38
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Author: Charity Adams Earley
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
ISBN: 9780890966945
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 236
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When America entered World War II, the surge of patriotism was not confined to men. Congress authorized the organization of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (later renamed Women's Army Corps) in 1942, and hundreds of women were able to join in the war effort. Charity Edna Adams became the first black woman commissioned as an officer. Black members of the WAC had to fight the prejudices not only of males who did not want women in their "man's army," but also of those who could not accept blacks in positions of authority or responsibility, even in the segregated military. With unblinking candor, Charity Adams Earley tells of her struggles and successes as the WAC's first black officer and as commanding officer of the only organization of black women to serve overseas during World War II. The 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion broke all records for redirecting military mail as she commanded the group through its moves from England to France and stood up to the racist slurs of the general under whose command the battalion operated. The Six Triple Eight stood up for its commanding officer, supporting her boycott of segregated living quarters and recreational facilities. This book is a tribute to those courageous women who paved the way for patriots, regardless of color or gender, to serve their country.
Author: Françoise Barnes Bonnell
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
ISBN: 0826353401
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 104
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"A former Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer camera operator and the only assigned Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) photographer, McGraw personally handled the release of 73,660 photos used extensively for recruiting posters and publicity. This will be the first collection of her significant wartime work and many of these photographs have not been published previously"--Provided by publisher.
Author: Mattie E. Treadwell
Publisher:
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Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 876
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Author: Vera S. Williams
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780760301395
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Languages : en
Pages : 0
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WACs: Womens Army CorpsWilliamsVera Williams, author of the best-selling WASPs, delivers this nostalgic history of the Womens Army Corps from their formation in 1942 to 1978. Filled with fascinating stories, memories, and experiences of women who served as WACs in WWII, Korea, Vietnam, and in the years between the wars. Memorabilia from WACs personal collections, including photographs, uniforms, papers and medals, as well as new photography from todays WACs, combine to make this a recommended source of information on the Womens Army Corps. Hdbd., 1x 1, 16 pgs., 12 bandw ill., 35 color.
Author: Leisa D. Meyer
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 9780231101448
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 284
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Upheld current sex and race occupational segregation, assuring the public that women were in the military to do "women's work" within it, and resisting African-American women's protests against their relegation to menial labor. Yet Creating GI Jane is also the story of how, in spite of a palpable climate of repression, many women effectively carved out spaces and seized opportunities in the early WAC. African-American women and men worked together in demanding civil.
Author: Judith Bellafaire
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electronic government information
Languages : en
Pages : 36
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