Endnotes for Chapter IX

1 (1) TWX; Comdt 1st WAAC Tng Cen to Dir WAAC, 24 Dec 42. WA 421 (11-20-42) status. (2) Ltr, 2d SvC to Dir WAAC, 9 Mar 43, sub: 42d WAAC Post Hq Co. SPWA 319.1.

2 (1) AAF WAC Hist, p. 39. (2) Memo; Dir WAC for QMG, 30 Aug 43. SPWA 400.34 (3-21-42)(1) sec 4 (1942). (3) Ltrs, WAAC Hq to field. 24 Feb 43, and replies; Memo, Lt Ryan for Plng Serv. 3 Apr 43. Same file, sec 3a.

3 MS Draft, the WAAC: Its Mission. 6 Apr 43. Folder, Plng Serv Notes, WAAC Planning files.

4 Memo, CofAdm Serv for Reqmts Div SOS, 25 Jun 42. Same file.

5 (1) Memo, Dir WAAC for Reqmts Div SOS, 25 Jun 42; (2) Memo, Reqmts Div SOS for Dir WAAC, 2 Jul 42. SPWA 400.34 (3-21-42)(1) sec 1.

6 Memo, OQMG for Dir WAAC, 20 Sep 42. SPQRP 421-C. Copy in SPWA 421 (9-30-42).

7 Risch, Wardrobe for Women of the Army, p. 67.

8 Tp Conv, Col Hugh B. Hester, OQMG, and Dir WAAC, 20 Ju1 42. SPWA 400.34 (3-21-42)(1) sec 1.

9 Memo, Reqmts Div SOS for Dir WAAC, 2 Aug 42. SPWA 400.34 (1943). The memorandum says only that the Director, Requirements Division, SOS directed its Allowance Branch, the contending party, to change its stand.

10 Risch, Wardrobe for Women o/ the Army, pp. 70, 82-85.

11 TWX, Comdr 1st WAAC Tng Cen to Dir WAAC, 3 Nov 42. SPWA 420.

12 Ltr, Col Hoag to Dir WAAC, 9 Nov 42. SPQ 420. in SPWA 400.34 (3-21-42)(1) sec 1.

13 Covering Memo and Int1s to TWX cited n. 11.

14 Risch, Wardrobe for Women of the Army, pp.5, 6.

15 Memo CofS SOS for CofAdm Serv, 19 Nov 42. SPEX, SPWA 421 (11-19-42).

16 (I) Interv with Lt Col Helen Woods, 9 Oct 48. (2) Weekly Rpt, WAAC: Hq to CofAdm Serv, 15-21 Nov 42. SPWA 319.12 (11-9-42) sec 1. (3) Memo, ACofS Opns SOS for QMG, 27 Nov 42. SPDDQ 420 Clothing, in SPWA 421 (11-27-42). (4) 1st Ind, Reqmts Dix, SOS (Gen Wood) to QMG, 3 Dec 42. SPRMD 421 (11-26-42), in WA 400.34.

17 Risch, Wardrobe for Women of the Army, p. 51, ns. 95, 97.

18 Memo, Dir Reqmts Div SOS for CofAdm Serv, 26 Nov 42, and Inds dated 5, 21, 27 Dec 42 and 12 Jan 43. SPRMP 291.9 WAAC, in Dir Adm Sere ASF Sp Coll DRB AGO.

19 (l) Weekly Rpt, WAAC Hq to CofAdm Serv, 14-24 Mar 43. SPWA 319.12. (2) Ltr, 3d Tng Cen to Dir WAAC, 20 Mar 43. WA 421 (1942).

20 Memo. Chief, Opns Serv WAAC, for Exec WAAC, 6 Mar 43. SPWA 421 (11-20-42) 1942.

21 Memo. QMG for WAAC Hq, 10 Mar 43. SPWA 421 (1942).

22 Memo, DCofAdm Serv for Dir WAAC, 13 Mar 43. Same file.

23 Memo, Chief, Opns Serv WAAC for Dir WAAC, 23 Mar 43. WA 421 (1942). For Somervell order, see pp. 94-95, above.

24 (1) Ltr, OQMG to field, 23 Sep 42. SPQX 420. 2(2) Ltr, 8 Dec 42, sub: same. SPWA 421 (5-16-42) sec 1. (3) Memo, 1st Tng Cen for WAAC Hq. 29 Oct 42. SPWA 421. (4) Ltr, 1st SvC to Dir WAAC. 15 Mar 43. SPWA 400.34 (3-21-42)(1) sec 3.

25 (1) Rpt, 20 Oct 42. SPWA 421. (2) Ltr, Faith to Dir WAAC, 12 Aug 42. SPWA 421 (8-22-42). (3) Risch, Wardrobe for Women of the Army, Ch. IV. The following paragraphs, unless otherwise stated, are based on Risch, especially pages 40-47 and 61-63.

26 M/R, 19 May 43, Min of Mtg, and atchd Memo, ASF for OQMG; sub: Summer Uniforms, WAAC. SPWA 421 (1942).

27 (1) Memo, OQMG for G-1. 18 Jul 42, with Inds and covering Memos; (2) Memo, Dir WAAC for CofAdm 5erv, 24 Aug 42, and Inds. SPQRE 421, in SPWA 421 (7-16-42).

28 Memo, WAAC Hq for CofAdm Serv, 20 Jan 43. and Inds. SPWA 421.

29 (1) Request, Dir WAAC to OQMG. for field shoes, 4 Sep 42: (2) Rpt on test of 500 WAAC oxfords, 14 Nov 42; (3) Ltr, Surg, Ft Oglethorpe, to Dir WAAC:, 23 Feb 43, and Inds; (4) Ltr, WAAC Hq to Des Moines. 3 Apr 43: (5) Ltr, WAAC Hq to Reqmts Div ASF, l0 Jun 43, with Inds; (6) Memo, Col Hobby for Gen Somervell, 9 Ju1 43; (7) Change to T/ E 21, Sep 43: (8) Ltrs, Field Stas to Dir WAAC, various dates, atchd to above. All in SPWA 421.3 Shoes (9-4-42) 1943.

30 Risch, Wardrobe fn Women of the Army, P. 73.

31 Memo. Asst Exec WAC for Dir WAC, 14 Mar 44, sub: Uniform Issue of Marines, WAVES, and SPARS. WDWAC 421.

32 Ltr, MDW Motor Cen to CG MDW, 30 Jun 43, with Inns. SPWA 400.34 (3-21-43)(1) sec 4 (1992).

33 Memo, WAAC Hq for Reqmts Div ASF, 21 May 93, sub: Trousers, HBT. Same file. Also Ltr, Camp Campbell, Ky., to 5th SvC, 20 Mar 43, and 16 Inds. Same file, sec: 3.

34 Ltr, Ft Des Moines MT Sch to CO 1st WAAC Tog Cen, 22 Sep 42. Same file, sec 1.

35 Ltr. 2d WAAC: Tng Cen to Dir WAAC. 18 Jun 43. Same file, sec 4.

36 Ltr, Comdt to OQMG, 22 Apr 43. Same file, sec 3a.

37 Ltr, AAF CFTC, Randolph Field, Tex., with Ind, Hq AAF Tng Comd, Ft Worth, Tex., to Dir WAC, 20 Aug 43. Same file, sec 4.

38 Ltr, CO Hosp Unit, Ft Oglethorpe to Dir WAAC, 10 Apr 43. Same file, sec 3.

39 (l) Memo, SGO for QMG, 6 May 43, with Inds; (2) Ltr. Randolph Field, Tex., to Dir WAC, 20 Aug 43. Same file, sec 4.

40 (1) Ltr, Ft Bragg to 4th SvC, 28 May 43; (2) Ltr, Richmond R&I Dist to Dist R&I Off, 23 Aug 43, and Inds; (3) Memo. ASF for Reqmts Div ASF, 30 Aug 43; (4) Memo, Reqmts Div ASF for OQMG. Same file, sec 4.

41 (1) Memo. Distrib Div SOS for Reqmts Div SOS, and Ind. SPDDQ 421 Shoes, in same file, sec 1. (2) Memo. WAAC: Hq for CofAdm Serv, 23 Nov 42. SPWA 400.34.

42 Rpt cited n. 25(1).

43 (1) Memo, Col E.J. Walsh, L&LD, for G-1, 28 Oct 42. SPWA 422.2 (9-16-42) Foundation Garments. (2) Memo. QMG for US, 16 Sep 42, sub: Proposed Amendment to PL 554. Folder, WAC Recruiting, ASF Sp Coll DRB AGO.

44 Sec entire SPWA 400 tilts, as well as: (1) Memo, Dir WAC for OQMG, 20 Aug 43. SPWA 400.34 (3-21 42). (2) Ltr, Miss Erma Reece, Kansas City, Mo., to Mrs. Hobby, l0 Jul 43. SPWA 421. (3) Ltr, Mr. A. J. Drugan to the President of the U.S., 9 Oct 42. SPWA 421. (4) Comments in Min, Rctg Conf, Chicago, 7-8 May 43, SPWA 337. (5) For Gallup polls, see Ch. XV, below.

45 Ibid.

46 Ltr, Miss Elizabeth Williams to Mrs. Hobby, 4 May 44, and atchd reply. WDWAC 095.

47 See following chapters.

 


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