Endnotes for Chapter XXVIII

1 WAC Newsletter, Vol. 1, No. 6, 15 Nov 43.

2 (1) Office Memo, Lies for Dir WAAC, 1 Jul 43. Proj 18, Plng Serv tiles. (2) Office Memo, Dolores Christy for Studdeford, 9 Jul 43. (3) Memo. Lies for Trig Off, 2 Feb 99. Papers of Dep Dir WAC, DRB AGO.

3 Memo. Dir Contl Div ASF for Dir Pers ASF, 5 Oct 44. SPAP 210.3 WAC. The above-cited survey resulted.

4 AAF Hq Office Instructions 35-25. 25 Sep 43.

5 "Missouri Girl Went Through War Overseas," Kansas City Star, September 23, 1945.

6 Ltr, DCofS USA to CGs of AAF, AGF ASF, EDC, WDC, ETO, NATO, POEs, USAFIME, SWPA, CBI, 11 Aug 44. WDGAP 210.31 WAC, in WDWAC 210.31.

7 Minor exceptions: (1) Limited Service: Memo, Dir WAC for G-1, 11 Feb 44. SPWA 220.4. (2) Re­quest by Name: Personal ltr, Dir WAC to Maj Gen Carter B. Magruder, G-4 USFET, 10 Jan 46. WDWAC 210.31. (3) Age Requirements: Memo, Dir WAC for CG ASF, 17 Sep 43, re AG Memo W605­35-43, 4 Sep 43. SPWA 210.31.

8 Draft of Memo, Dir WAC for G-1, 6 Aug 43, with pencil note. SPWA 314.7 sec 4. See Table 10, Appendix A.

9 Memo. Gen Reynolds. MPD ASF, for G-1, 1 Oct 43. SPGAS 320.2 WAC (9-29-43), in SPAP 320.2.

10 Memo. MPD ASF for TAG, 20 Oct 43. SPGAP 320.2 WAC (9-29-43), in SPAP 320.2. See M/R. OCS was lengthened from 8 to 12 weeks.

11 ASF Mist of OCT, Fig. 7. OCMH.

12 Memo, Dir Pers ASF for G-1, 8 Apr 44. SPAP 352 WAC.

13 Memo, Dir Contl Div ASF for Dir WAC, 9 Feb 44, Incl, Bd Rpt, 12.Jan 44. SPWA 319.1.

14 Memo, MPD ASF for CofS ASF, 25 Feb 44. SPAP 210.3 WAC.

15 (1) Memo, MPD ASF through G-1 WD for TAG, 16 Feb 44. SPAP 210.3 WAC. Approved 29 Mar 44 by G-1. Supported by Memo, Gen Styer, CofS ASF, for G-1 WD, 18 Feb 44. SPGAP 352 OCS (2-14-44) 245, in SPAP 352 WAC. (2) Attrition was later estimated at 360 per year. D/F, G-1 for TAG, 6 Mar 45, approved by DCofS, 7 Mar 45, with atchd stf study by Maj K. McClure, and Tabs A-F. Folder Statistics WDGAP 352 OCS.

16 (1) M/ R, 20 May 43. SP WA 300.6 (3-30-42) sec 2 (1942). (2) Memo. Col Catron for Dirs, Opns Div, Tng Div, Rctg Conti, 21 May 43. SPWA 341 (5-21-43) E, in SPAP 341 WAAC (2-26-43).

17 (1) Memo. Lies for Dir WAC, 8 Feb 44. Folder 13. WAC Ping Serv files. (2) Memo, Dir Pers ASF for CofS ASK 25 Feb 44. SPGAC 210.3 WAC (2-14-44). (3) AAF WAC Hist, p. 49. (4) Personal ltr, Chief, Strength Authorization Br ASF to Dir Pers in each SvC, 15 Jul 43. SPWA 314.7. (5) Memo, G-1, for Dir WDBPR, 18 Apr 44. WAC CI file. (6) Memo, Dep Dir WAC for CofS, 21 Jul 44. CofS 324.5 WAC. (7) AGO Ltr, 12Jan 44. AG 210.85 (12-30-43) PO­A-A.

18 Speech by Comdt, Sch of WAC Pers Adm, "Development of WAC." Notes in OCMH.

19 Memo, KRG, then Pers Off, O Dir WAC, to Dir WAC, no date (about Feb 44). WDWAC 201.6.

20 Memo, Faith for Dir WAC, 5 Nov 43. SPWA 201.6.

21 Memo, Dir WAC for G-1, 15 Nov 43. SPWA 201.6 (11-5-43).

22 Ibid., 1st Ind, MPD ASF for G-1, 12 Jan 44.

23 Memo, ASF for TAG, 13 Mar 44. SPGAC 210.3 WAC (3-13-44) 129.

24 Memo, Dir Pers ASF for G-1, 8 Apr 44. SPAP 352 WAC (4-8-44).

25 demo, G-1 for ASF, 27 May 44. WDGAP 352 OCS.

26 Memo. "KM" for Col C. F. Collier, Br Chief, G-1. 23 Aug 44. WDWAC 320.2.

27 Memo, MPD ASF for TAG, 30 Jun 44. SPAP 210.3 WAC (8-30-43).

28 ASF Hist of WAC Tng, p. 294.

29 Memo, MPD ASF for G-1, 17 Jul 44. SPAP 210.3 WAC.

30 Ibid.; cites 5 Jul G-1 directive to TAG and 13 Jul TAG report of contradiction. See also ?Memo cited n. 26.

31 Sec Ch. XXXIII, below.

32 Tab A, Memo, ASF WAC Off for Dir Pers ASF, 9 Dec 44. SPAP 210.3 WAC (10-5-44).

33 Ibid., atchd Ltr to all offices from (ten Dalton, 21 Dec 44, and their replies.

34 Quota given as 7, 710 for 1943, 2,640 for 1944. Fig. 1, of ASF Hist of Mil Tng: OCS Tng, by MTD ASF.

35 AAF WAC Hist, pp. 85, 86, and 94.

36 ASF Hist of WAC Tng, p. 112.

37 Except as otherwise cited, above section is based on D/F cited n. 15(2).

38 (1) Memo, Dep Dir WAC for Mai McClure, G-1, 26 Aug 44. WDWAC 210.14. (2) WDWAC 352 DCS and WDWAC 352 Special OCS Class, 1944. (3) Memo. Dir MPD ASF for TSG, 27 Jan 44. SPGAM 210 Taylor. Jan F, in WDWAC 210.1. (4) Bound file, SPWA 231.23 Med Dept Dietitians (8 Jan 44) 1944. (5) Memo, Dep Dir WAC for Col Coursey, G-1, 22 Sep 44. WDWAC 220.33. (6) Draft of Memo, SGO for CofS, 8 Apr 44. WDWAC 211.

39 (1) Memo. Dir WAC for G-1. 10 Jan 45. WDWAC 210.14. (2) D/F, G-1 for TAG, 6 Mar 45. WDGAP 210.1. See D/F cited n. 15(2), Tab B.

40 See all WAC files, especially 1944, under SPWA and WDWAC 095.

41 See Chs. XXI anti XXII above. Also: (1) Memo, Dir WAC for G-1: 25 Feb 44. SPWA 320.2. in SPWA 314.7 (1-7-43)(1) sec 5. (2) D/F, G-1 to Dir WAC. 21 Mar 44. WDGAP 210.1 WAC. (3) D/F, G-1 to TAG, 21 Apr 44, WDGAP 210.1 WAC (4-17­44), with atchd Memo, Dir WAC for CofS, 14 Apr 44, WDWAC 314.7, approved 18 Apr 44. WDWAC 210.1.

42 Entire discussion from: (1) Memo, Dir WAC for G-1, 27 Nov 43. SPWA 210.2, in SPAP 210.2 WAC. (2) Memo, Dir WAC for DCofS ASF for SvCs, 26 Feb 44. SPWA 210.31. (3) Entire file on this con­troversy is also in CofS 324.5 WAC, and in SPWA 210.2 WAC Promotions (1943). (4) Ltr, TAG to AAF, 18 Nov 43. AG 210.2 WAC (11-16-43) PR-W_ WDGAP, in SPWA 210.2.

43 Ibid.

44 Approximate totals; numbers varied at different times.

45 From Statistical Sec:, OCMH.

46 Menninger, Psychiatry in a Troubled World. This and subsequent quotations used with the permission of The Macmillan Company, the publisher.

47 D/F, P&A Contl Gp, WD, fir I ID WDSS, 14 Mar 96. WDGAP 314.7 WAC, in Folder, Statistics, WAC files, OCMH. Only available comparisons are of summer, 1944.

48 Ibid.

49 WAVES Hist, p. 132ff.

50 Memo, G-1 for CofS 26 Jan 44. OCS 324.5 WAC. Approved by DCofS, 29 Jan 44. Also ETO Bd Rpt, pp. 25, 46. See Table 2. Appendix A.


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