LEADER 04497nam 22005293u 450 001 9910714200103321 005 20170816153529.0 010 $a1-909940-35-6 035 $a(CKB)2670000000519209 035 $a(EBL)1623105 035 $a(OCoLC)1048626667 035 $a(BIP)009518786 035 $a(BIP)050382916 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000519209 100 $a20140217d2013|||| u|| | 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe Women's Army Corps$b[electronic resource] 210 $aGreenock $c232 Celsius$d2013 210 1$aWashington, D.C. :$cCenter of Military History, United States Army,$d1991. 215 $a1 online resource (1601 p.) 225 1 $aUnited States Army in World War II: Special studies 225 1 $aCMH Pub 11-8 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-16-023943-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographic references (pages 791-797) and index. 327 $aForeword; 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 327 $aHousing 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 327 $aNew 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 327 $aFirst 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 327 $aStresses 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 327 $aMoral Standards 330 $a The History of the Women's Army Corps in WWII 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xWomen 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xWomen. 700 $aTreadwell$b Mattie$01353481 712 02$aCenter of Military History, 801 0$bAU-PeEL 801 1$bAU-PeEL 801 2$bAU-PeEL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910714200103321 996 $aThe Women's Army Corps$93255944 997 $aUNINA