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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- abbreviation Women's Army Auxiliary Corps
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Examples
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By the time of the DEBUNK broadcast, insinuations of sexual immorality within the WAAC were already widespread and had been reported as fact in the popular press.
Miss Yourlovin: GIs, Gender, and Domesticity during World War II 2008
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By the spring of 1943, many WAAC training facilities were sitting idle.
Jewish Women in the Military - Jewish Women in the Military - Army 2010
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Bernice Blaustein joined the WAAC in 1943 and received basic training at Fort Bliss, Texas.
Jewish Women in the Military - Army - Matilda and Bernice Blaustein 2010
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Heading to Pittsburgh with plans to enroll, three well-qualified WAAC recruits were convinced to remain civilians by a couple of soldiers they met on the bus.
Miss Yourlovin: GIs, Gender, and Domesticity during World War II 2008
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Matilda Blaustine and her daughter, Bernice, both served in WAAC during World War II.
Jewish Women in the Military - Army - Matilda and Bernice Blaustein 2010
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July 1, 1943 President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs a law changing the name of the WAAC to the Women's Army Corps (WAC), thereby establishing the Corps as part of the army, with Oveta Culp
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As nurses, members of the WAAC and WAC, navy seals and marines, airwomen, and chaplains, women fought in battles during the Civil War, World War I and II, Vietnam,
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From the outset, the WAAC was beset with problems: Not officially part of the Army, WAAC's did the same jobs as soldiers but did not receive the same pay, rank, legal protections, injury benefits, or other military entitlements.
Jewish Women in the Military - Jewish Women in the Military - Army 2010
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As nurses, members of the WAAC and WAC, navy seals and marines, airwomen, and chaplains, women fought in battles during the Civil War, World War I and II, Vietnam,
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Twelve Jewish American women were included among the first graduating class of WAAC officers at Fort Des
Jewish Women in the Military - Jewish Women in the Military - Army 2010
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