The Women's Army Corps [[electronic resource]]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910714200103321
• Autore: Treadwell Mattie
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Greenock, : 232 Celsius, 2013; Washington, D.C. : , : Center of Military History, United States Army, , 1991
• ISBN: 1-909940-35-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (1601 p.)
• Collana: United States Army in World War II: Special studies; CMH Pub 11-8
• Soggetti: World War, 1939-1945 - Women
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographic references (pages 791-797) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Foreword; The Authors; Preface; PART ONE; Organization and Growth of a Women's Corps; CHAPTER I; From 1776 to World War II; Total War and the Industrial Resolution; The Army Nurse Corps; World War I; Twenty-three Years of Peace; Plans for a Women's Service Corps; The Hughes Plan; The Approach of World War II; H. R. 4906; Fodnotes; CHAPTER II; Establishment of the WAAC; The Appointment of WAAC Pre-Planners; Selection of a Director; Organization of Director's Headquarters; Assignment to Services of Supply; The British Parallel; Recruiting Plans; Search for a Training Center; The Uniform; Housing PlansAllocation of Units; WAAC Regulations; Passage of WAAC Bill; Fodnotes; CHAPTER III; The WAAC's First Summer; The Press; Establishment of WAAC Headquarters; Location in the Services of Supply; Director's Schedule; Operating Duties; Selection of the First Officer Candidates; Screening of Applicants; Special Groups of Candidates; The First WAAC Training Center; Expansion Plans, Summer of 1942; The First WAAC Officer Candidate Class, 20 July - 29 August 1942; The Training Course; Graduation; Fodnotes; CHAPTER IV; September-October 1942: Beginnings of Field Duties; New Graduating ClassesThe Second WAAC Training Center; Aircraft Warning Service Units; Appeals for Publication of Command Channels; New Expansion Plan; General Marshall's Intervention; Assignment of Regional Directors; Field Action; Director Overseas; Fodnotes; CHAPTER ; V; November 1942 January 1943: Plans for a Million Waacs; The Adjutant General's Estimates; Estimates Based on Field Requisitions; Proposals To Draft Women; The Weakness of the Auxiliary System; Proposals for Expansion on Auxiliary Status; The Winter Months; Shipment of the First Post Headquarters Companies; First Overseas ShipmentEnd of 1942; Indecision as to Planning Goals; Fodnotes; CHAPTER VI; The Need for Military Status; Administrative Handicaps of an Auxiliary; The Auxiliary Disciplinary System; Remedial Legislation; Introduction of WAC Bill; Fodnotes; CHAPTER VII; Spring, 1943: Expansion and Decentralization; Expansion Program Decided; Expansion of WAAC Training; Delegation of Command Authority; Inclusion in the Troop Basis; Staff Directors Assigned to New Commands; Major Commands Receive Waacs Army Air Forces; Readiness for Increase in Numbers; Fodnotes; CHAPTER VIII; Stresses of Rapid Build-up: Personnel and TrainingTraining Center Confusion; Commissioning of Unqualified Officers; Unsuitable Mentors; The ""Nightmare"" of Basic Training; Personnel Problems in Headquarters; Shipment of T/O Units; Replacement of Soldiers; Fodnotes; CHAPTER IX; Stresses of Rapid Build-up: Supply and the WAAC Uniform; Shortages of Clothing; Appearance of the Uniform; The Need for New Types of Work Clothing; Public Reaction to Unsuitable Uniforms; Fodnotes; CHAPTER X; Stresses of Rapid Build-up: Recruiting; Disputes Over Lowering Standards; AGCT Standards; Medical Standards; Moral Standards
• Sommario/riassunto: The History of the Women's Army Corps in WWII