Endnotes for Chapter XXIII
1 No records of this group were found, with the exception of Memo, Maj Craighill for The SG through SEAC and IBT 6 Apr 45, sub: Med and Social Conditions of Women in Mil Serv in Ceylon. SGO Hut Div 319 Special, Ceylon, Women In. In addition, comments on drafts of the present chapter were given by Charles F. Romanus and Riley Sunderland, authors of Stilwell's :14 ission to China, UNITED STATES ARMY IN WORLD WAR II (Washington, 1953).
2 1st Ind to Memo cited n. 1.
3 (1) CBI WAC files, by folder number and specific document therein. (See Bibliographical Note.) Other important sources are: (2) Rpt, AAF IBT to TAG, 5 Jul 45, sub: Surv of WAC Health and Living Conditions in India-Burma Theater. AG 321 WAC, Hobby files, also in CBI WAC files. Hereafter cited as IBT WAC Survey. (3) Rpt, Maj Craighill to The SG through CG IBT, 30 Mar 45, sub: Med and Social Conditions of Women in Mil Serv in IBT. SGO Hist Div 319.1-2, Women, India-Burma; hereafter cited as Craighill IBT Rpt. (4) Comments on draft of present chapter by Maj. Beryl Simpson, wartime WAC Staff Director, China Theater, and Maj. Betty Clague, wartime WAC Staff Director, CBI Theater.
4 Ind 3 to Craighill IBT Rpt.
5 Rpt, WAC Stf Dir AAF CT, 25 Oct 45, sub: Narrative Account of WAC Activities in Chungking, China, 15 Jul- 13 Oct 45. WDWAC 319.1; also in Folder, Chungking, CBI WAC Sec files.
6 Ltr, CG AAF IBT to Dir WAC, 15 Nov 44, sub: WAC Utilization, (Incl 1 to IBT WAC Survey).
7 Ibid. Also Ltrs, Dir WAC to CG AAF and CG AAF IBT, 18 Dec 44. WDWAC 320.2.
8 IBT WAC Survey, p. 6. The 257 enlisted women on duty at that date: 67 stenographers, 61 clerk-typists. 69 clerks, and the rest qualified in such jobs as key punch operator, draftsman, radar specialist, intelligence specialist, photolaboratory technicians. classification specialist, telephone operator, medical technician, cadre, and the like.
9 Ibid., p. 9. See also (1) Memo, CO WAC Det for WAC Stf Dir, 14 Feb 45: (2) Ltr, WAC Stf Dir to Air WAC Off. 22 Feb 45. Folder IBT, CBI WAC files.
10 Ltr, WAC Stf Dir AAF CBI to Air WAC Off. Hq AAF 21 Aug 44. WDWAC 320.2 CBI.
11 IBT WAC Survey shows 25 7 EW as of that date. In her comment on a draft of this chapter, Major Simpson shows 397 as the highest number ever on Morning Report. For final theater strength figures, see Table 7, Appendix A.
12 (1) Craighill IBT Rpt. (2) IBT WAC Survey, pp. 1-2. (3) Intervs with CBI Wacs.
13 IBT WAC Survey, pp. 2-5, 10 and Incl 3.
14 Ibid.
15 Comments of theater staff director on draft copy of chapter, and in interview.
16 Ibid. Also (1) IBT WAC Survey, pp. 9-10. (2) Ltr, WAC Stf Dir to Air WAC Off, 7 Oct 44. Folder CBI, CBI WAC files.
17 From Stat Div SGO: total over-all loss by medical evacuation in 1944 was 2.1 percent; in 1945, 2.7 percent.
18 Craighill IBT Rpt.
19 (1) Ibid. (2) IBT WAC Survey, pp. 10-13: Comparative statistics for men anti women.
20 (1) Rpt cited n. 5. (2) Memo, WAC Stf Dir for all offs, 26 Mar 45. Folder IBT, CBI WAC files.
21 Memo, WAC Stf Dir for CO WAC Det, 16 Sep 44, sub: Policies Applicable to WAC Pers. Folder IBT, CBI WAC files.
22 Memo, Stf Chaplain for CG AAF IBT, 10 Jul 45, sub: Morale of Wacs; also Memo, WAC Stf Dir for CG, 15 Jul 45. Folder IBT, CBI N4'AC files.
23 WAC citations, 7 Dec 45, Folder Shanghai II, CBI WAC files.
24 Entire lengthy dispute: (1) Ltr, Hq SEAC, 5322 D/U.S. Army Sec, 14 Jul 44. WDWAC 421. (2) Draft of Statement, 23 May 45. Folder IBT: (3) Routing Slip, Comment 1, WAC Stf Dir AAF CT to AC, 28 Aug 45, Folder Chungking I; (4) Memo, WAC Stf Dir Hq USFCT for CofS, 25 Jan 46, Folder Theater WAC III; (5) Cir 7, Hq USAF China, 9 May 46, sec 1, Folder Shanghai V All in CBI WAC files. (6) Interv with Maj Simpson, 23 Jun 47. (7) Boyce Rpt, Tabs: India-Burma, and China. WDWAC 333.1 (1945-46).
25 (1) Memo, Capt Chance. Exec WAC for Col Hobby. 3 May 45, sub: Marriage Policy. WDWAC 291.1. (2) MS History of India-Burma Theater, 25 Oct 44-23 Jun 45. OCMH.
26 Ltr cited n. 6.
27 D/F, Gen Stratemeyer to Col David Barret, 21 Sep 44. Folder IBT, CBI WAC files.
28 (1) D/F, WAC Stf Dir to Orgn and Plng, 8 Nov 44, Comment I. Folder IBT CBI WAC files. (2) Statement by Maj Philip Boyer, Jr., Actg PRO. Incl 2 to IBT WAC Survey.
29 Ltr cited n. 6.
30 Ltr, Hq SOS, USFCT, APO 627, to CG USFCT, APO 879 26 Nov 44 sub: Establishment of WAC Co at SOS Hq, 13525-322. Folder 5, Hq SOS USFCT file, AG 322.
31 Ibid., 1st Ind, 7 Dec 44; 2d Ind, 2 Apr 45; 3d Ind, 25 Apr 45.
32 (1) Memo, WAC Stf Dir for Col J. S. Clark, 9 May 45, sub: China Survey-WAC. CBI WAC files. (2) Rpt cited n. 5.
33 Account of China tour of duty is unless otherwise specified, from: (1) Rpt cited n. 5. (2) All CBI references. (3) Memo, Maj Craighill for The SG, through CG CT, 11 Mar 45, sub: Conditions Affecting Women Pers in China. SGO Hist Div 319.1 China. No Wacs were in the area at the time of this report.
34 Ibid; also interv with Maj Simpson, 23 Jun 47.
35 Craighill IBT Rpt.
36 D/F Chief of Air Stf to WAC Stf Dir, 29 Dee 44, sub: Comd Channels. Folder IBT, CBI WAC files.
37 Ltr, WAC Stf Dir AAC CBI to Air WAC Off, 6 Aug 45. CBI WAC files.
38 Memo, WAC Stf Dir for CO WAC Det, 17 Mar 45. Folder IBT, CBI WAC files.
39 (1) Memo, Exec: for CO WAC Det, 23 Jun 45. (2) Mimeographed Memo, Chief of Air Stf to all Wacs, 8 Aug 43. Folder IBT CBI WAC files. (3) Ltr cited n. 37.
40 Ltr cited n. 37.
41 Memo, WAC Stf Dir AAF CT for all EW of Det, 10 Aug 45. Folder Chungking I, CBI WAC files.
42 Memo, WAC: Stf Dir AAF CT for CO WAC Det, 17 Sep 45, sub: Mil Customs and Courtesies of EW. Folder Chungking 1, CBI WAC files.
43 Ltr, CG AAF CT to WAC Stf Dir, 14 Sep 45, sub: Commendation. AAF 201.22. in WDWAC 319.1.
44 Of 77 enlisted women, 50 were eligible for discharge, but only 23 desired it. Routing slip, Exec for Adm Serv AAF CT, Comment 1, 31 Aug 45. Folder Chungking 1, CB1 WAC files.
45 Boyce Rpt, Tab China. WDWAC 333.1 (1945-46).
46 (1) Interv with Maj Simpson, 19 Jun 43. (2) Ltr; WAC Stf Dir CT to Dir WAC, 18 Mar 46. WDGAP 320. (3) Memo, Exec, O Dir WAC for Maj Gen William E. Bergin, G-1, 25 Apr 46. WDWAC 320. (4) Quotation from comment by Maj Simpson on draft of chapter.
47 (1) Historical Data, WAC Det, Middle East SvC, Camp Huckstep, 11 Sep 44, by Lt. Jane A. Riebesell, WAC Hist Off, with appendixes for Jul, Aug, Sep, and Oct 44. Hereafter cited as Unit Hist Camp Huckstep, by month. (2) Hist Review, WAC Det Cairo Mil Dist, 28 Aug 45; last 13 pages pertain to Huckstep unit, Sep 44-Apr 45. Hereafter cited as Unit Hist Cairo Det. (3) Summary: WAC-AMET, prepared by Sgt Birdie Weisbrod, Jun 45, based on file of G-2 Hist Sec AMET Hereafter cited as WAC AMET Summary.
48 Memo, MPD ASF for TAG. 10 Nov 45, sub: WAC Pers for Gen Royce per Msg JM 1814, 27 Oct (CM-IN 16628). SPGAR 220.3 WAC, Dir Pers ASF, DRB AGO.
49 (1) Cbl CM-IN 3072, 4 Feb 44: Cbl 2442, 9 Feb 44. (2) Memo, Stf for Dir WAC, 31 Jan 44. WDGAP 320.2 sec 8a. (3) WAC AMET Summary.
50 Unit Hist Cairo Det; WAC AMET Summary; and esp Unit Hist Camp Huckstep, p. 4.
51 Ibid. All quotations from Unit Hist Camp Huckstep.
52 Unit Hist Cairo Det, p. 3.
53 Asg mts at Hq not listed; July asgmts at Camp Huckstep given in Unit Hist.
54 Unit Hist Camp Huckstep, p. 20.
55 Unit Hist Cairo Det, Aug-Sep 44.
56 (1) WAC AMET Summary. (2) Ltr; ME to TAG, 15 Aug 44. AG 320.2, Hobby files. (3) Quotation from Unit Mist Cairo Det, p. 7.
57 Unit Fist Camp Huckstep, Jul and Oct 44 appendixes.
58 WAC AMET Summary gives 10; Unit Hist Cairo Det gives 17.
59 Passage on health, including quotations and statistics: (1) Memo Maj Margaret Craighill for The SG USA through Chief Surg USAFIME, 8 Jan 45, sub: Health Conditions of Nurses and Wacs in USAFIME. SGO Hist Div 319.1 Spec Rpt-Middle East. (2) Incl 3 to Craighill IBT Rpt.
60 Memo, Dir WAC for CofS USA. 14 Apr 44. WDWAC 314.%. Approved by CofS, 18 Apr 44: forwarded to TAG. 21 Apr 44. 1NDWAC 210.1.
61 Boyce Rpt of visit to WAC Pers in Overseas Theaters. 21 Sep 26 Nov 45, Tab F: AMET. Hobby files, also OCMH.
62 1st Ind, TAG to CG Hawaiian Dept, 23 Dec 42. AG 320.2 WAAC (11-19-42) PR-W, Folder, WAAC, Contl Div ASF Sp Coll DRB AGO.
63 Memo. Actg Dir WAC for CG ASF, 3 Nov 43. SPWA 320.2 sec 6.
64 Ibid.
65 Antilles Dept [list Studies, Sec VI: Puerto Rican Induction Program and Use of Puerto Rican Troops, Ch. IX. p. 70. OCMH.
66 ETO Bd Rpt, Vol. I, p. 21.
67 Directory of the AUS Outside Continental U.S., AG 461 (6-1-45) OB-I-M, gives ATC WAC strength.
68 (1) ATC Hist Rec Rpt, West Coast Wing, 1 Jan 43-30 Jun 44, pp. 50-53. (2) ATC Hist Rec Rpt 308, Alaskan Div, Nov 44-Scp 45. (3) Hist of 1306th AAF Base Unit, ICD ATC Jul-Aug 45, pp. 18-21. USAF Hist Div. (4) Memo cited n. 59(1). (5) ETO ATC WAC: Hist.
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