Endnotes for Chapter VII
1 (1) Memo, G-3 for TAG, 30 Jan 43. WDGCT 291.9 WAAC (1-30-43). (2) Ltr, TAG to CG SOS, 10 Feb 43. AG 320.2 WAAC (1-30-43) PR-W-WDGCT
2 See Austin- Wadsworth bill, HR 1742 and S 666, 78th Cong, 1st less, 8 Feb 43; Congressional Record, Vol. 89.
3 (1) WAAC Daily Journal, Vol. 1, 29 Jan 43. (2) Speech, in Min, Conf of Tng Cen Comdts, Washington. D. C., 31 Mar 43. SPWA 334.8 Conf (3-29-43).
4 (l) Min cited n. 3(2). (2) Weekly Rpt, WAAC Hq to CofAdm Serv, 14-20 Mar 43. SPWA 319.12.
5 Contemporary Rpts, 1 Mar 43: Active-35,662 (21,925 in tng, 13,737 in fld); Inactive-8,022.
6 Min, Mtg in Office of G-3, 6 Feb 43. Only copy found in file of Dir Mil Tng SOS. SPTR 337. DRB AGO.
7 Ibid.
8 All figures are from M/R, WAAC Overall Picture. 1 Mar 43. SPWA 314.7 (1-7-43)(1) sec 1. No two sets of estimates in the files ever quite agree; all are unimportant in that even the lowest estimate was never reached. WAAC Daily Journal, Vol. 1. 6 Feb 43. indicated that these goals were known to the WAAC: by that date.
9 For recruiting data, sec Ch. X, and Table 2. Appendix A, below.
10 (1) Memo, Tasker for Exec WAAC, 1 Feb 43. SPWA 600.914 (2-1-43). (2) WD Cir 63, 1 Mar 43. (3) Memo, G-3 for SOS anti AGF, 3 Feb 43, and Inds. Tab, Fort Devens, WA 600.1 (7-2-42)(1) sec. 2, 1943 WAAC Housing files.
11 Min cited n. 6.
12 Memo, CofAdm Serv for TAG, 1 Mar 43. SPWA 314.7 (10-7-43)(1) sec 1.
13 Miss B. Eugenia Lies, The Overall WAAC Picture (first draft), 28 Mar 43. SPWA 291.9. in Folder, Planning Serv Notes. WAAC Planning files.
14 (1) Weekly Rpt, WAAC Hq to CofAdm Serv, 7-13 Feb 43. SPWA 319.12 (1942). (2) WAAC Daily Journal. Vol. 1. 5 and 8 Feb 43.
15 Ltr to Col Catron, 27 Apr 43. SPWA 291.1.
16 (1) Statement by Comdt, Col Hoag, at mtg cited. (2) Ltrs, Col Hoag to Col Catron, 14 Apr 43, Tab. Ruston, and 3 May 43. SPWA 291.1.
17 Lecture notes, Lt Col Jess Rice. WAC files, OCMH.
18 M/R, 1 Mar 43, cited n. 8.
19 WDBPR Press Release, 3 War 43.
20 Memo, CG WAAC Tng Comd for Dir WAAC, 24 May 43. SPWA 319.1.
21 WDBPR Press Release, 14 Apr 43.
22 WDBPR Press Release, 5 Feb 43.
23 Min, Conf of CGs of SvCs, Chicago, 111., 22-24 Jul 43.
24 (1) Ltr, 1st Tng Cen to Dir WAAC; 28 Jan 43; (2) Ltr, WAAC Stf Dir 4th SvC to Dir WAAC, 18 Feb 43: (3) Ltr, TAG to Tng Cen Dirs. 27 Feb 43, SPX 291.9 WAAC PR-W. All in SPWA 300.3 (1-7-43) sec 1.
25 Min, Stf Mtgs, WAAC Daily Journal, Vol. I.
26 WAAC Cirs 14 (4 Nov 42), 17 (29 Dec 42), 5 (13 Mar 43), with note, in SPWA 300.3 (1-7-43) sec: 1; WAAC Cir 5 (10 Feb 43), 8 (17 Mar 43), 10 (9 Apr 43).
27 Memo, G-3 for CofS. 7 Jan 43. WDGCT 291.2 WAAC, in OCofS 291.9.
28 Min, Gen Council, for dates cited.
29 Transcript of Mtg, 15 Feb 43 (Col Catron, Gen Grunert, Gen Madison Pearson). Dir Adm Serv ASF Sp Coll DRB AGO.
30 (1) Sec Memo and Ltr cited n. 1. (2) Weekly Rpt, WAAC Hq to CofAdm Serv. 17-30 Jan 43. SPWA 319.12 (1942). (3) AAF WAC Hist, p. 14. See Ch. XVI, below, on AAF.
31 (I) Transcript cited n. 29. (2) Memo, Dir WAAC for CofAdm Serv, 26 Jan 43. SPWA 320.2 (1-26-43)PS, in WAAC Planning files.
32 (1) WAAC Daily Journal, Vol. I, 17 Feb 43. (2) WAAC Cir 11, 10 Mar 43. Since December, when there first appeared the possibility of unprecedented expansion into commands other than the service commands, WAAC third officers had been attached to the AAF, the Signal Corps, and The Adjutant General's Office, to assist those agencies in the necessary planning. WAAC SO 43, 5 Dec 42. SPWA 300.4 (8-18-42).
33 Ibid.
34 Memo, WAAC Hq for CofS through CofAdm Serv, 18 Feb 43, and atchd corresp. SPWA 314.7 (6-2-41)(1) sec 3 (1941).
35 See Ch. XVI, below, for details.
36 AAF WAC Hist, p. 17.
37 WDBPR Press Release, 4 May 43.
38 Ltr, TAG to CG AGF, 1 Apr 43. AG 320.2 WAC (3-12-43) PR-W-WDGAP.
39 The WAC in Army Ground Forces in World War II (hereafter cited as AGF WAC Hist), Vol. 1, p.4. This study was prepared by the .AGF WAC Officer, Lt. Col. Emily E. Davis. (See Biblographical Note.) Folder, WAC, AGF Sp Coll DRB AGO.
40 Ibid., comment of G-1 AGF
41 Memo, CG AGF for CofS, Attn: G-3, 1 Jan 43. GNDCG 320.2 WAAC (12-7-42). Full text in appendix to Ibid.
42 1st Ind to AG Memo, sub: Utilization of WAAC Pers in AGF GNGCT 320.2/5 WAAC (4-1-43). Copy in App. VI of AGF WAC Hist.
43 AGF WAC Hist, pp. 12-13.
44 (1) Memo, WAAC Hq for TAG, 5 Jun 43; (2) Ltr, Aberdeen Proving Ground WAAC Hq, 7 Jul 43, and reply. SPWA 300.3 (1-7-43) sec: 2.
45 See section on each service in Ch. XVIII, below.
46 Office Memo, WAAC Hq Opns Br for Exec WAAC, 29 May 43. SPWA 320.2 sec 4a.
47 Sec Chs. XIX and XX, below.
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