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The Women’s Army Corps during the Vietnam War
BackgroundThe Women s army Auxiliary Corps wasestablished in May 1942 to increase thestrength of the army to fight World War a year the Corps had 60,000 women the equivalent of approximately 3 divisions performing jobs in administration, communi-cations, and logistics (maintenance, repair andsupply). Congress was impressed with thewomen s contributions and, in 1943, theWomen s army Corps received military Corps reached a peak strength of 100,000officers and enlisted women in April 1944. Afew years after the war, Congress integratedthat WAC into the Regular army of the UnitedStates (1948).Thereafter women in army uniform becamealmost as familiar a sight at the Pentagon, at overseas stations and at posts throughout the United States as army men. Though greatly reduced in strength after World War II, thousands of patriotic young women served in the Corps during the Korean War, the Berlinand Cuban Crises.
Background The Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps was established in May 1942 to increase the strength of the Army to fight World War II. Within a year the Corps …
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