- 1 Rpt, WAC Staff Advisers Conf, 4-6 May 1953,p. 51, ODWAC Ref File, WAC Staff Advisers Conferences, CMH,
2 Ibid., p. 17.
3 DA Cir 252, 12 Sep 47, Sec III; DA Cir 335, 27 Oct 48; SR 625-5-5, 11 Jan 49, Discharge of WAC Officers and Warrant Officers on Marriage and Pregnancy; AR 615-361, 30 Aug 50, Enlisted Personnel Discharge on Marriage and Pregnancy. Copies in CMH Library.
4 Change 1, 3 Aug 51, to AR 615-361, Enlisted Personnel, Discharge on Marriage and Pregnancy; DA Cir 81, 17 Sep 53; and SR 605-225-10, 17 Jan 54, Release of Women Officers of Marriage, Pregnancy or Parenthood. Copies in CMH Library.
5 AR 615-361, 4 Nov 44, Enlisted Men, Discharge Medical, CMH Library. Between July and December 1942, unmarried pregnant women received a summary, not dishonorable, discharge, usually given WAACs who proved to be disciplinary problems (WAAC Regs (Tentative), 1942, para 38a). Beginning in Dec 42, all pregnant women received honorable discharges (WAAC Cir 17, 29 Dec 42). See Treadwell,
The Women's Army Corps, p. 501.
6 House Hearings on S 1641, Congressional Record, 23 Feb 48, p. 5667.
7 PL 625, 80th Cong, 2d sess, 12 Jun 48, sec 104(h), 105(b), 106(b), and 107.
8 WD Cir 430, 4 Nov 44; DA Memo 40-505-4, 20 May 48, Maternity Care of Women Discharged or Released from Active Duty; and AR 40-506, 19 Dec 52, Persons Eligible to Receive Medical Care in Army Medical Facilities; AR 40-108, 13 Jan 55, same title. Copies in CMH Library.
9 Change 3, 23 Feb 49, to AR 625-361, 14 May 47, Discharge of Enlisted Personnel, Medical, and SR 625-5-5, 11 Jan 49, Discharge of WAC Officers and Warrant Officers for Marriage and Pregnancy. Change 2, 2 Nov 61, to AR 635-210, 17 Feb 61, Discharge of Enlisted Personnel on Marriage, Pregnancy, or Parenthood, clarified the wording by stating that "when a legitimate pregnancy is terminated," the woman could request retention on active duty. While that wording was not included in the officers' regulations, the policy was applied to officers as well.
10 EO 10240, 27 Apr 51, Regulations Governing the Separation from the Service of Certain Women Serving in the Regular Army, Navy, Marine Corps, or Air Force, in DA Bull 7, 14 May 1951; AR 615-361, 21 Sep 54, Enlisted Personnel, Discharge on Marriage, Pregnancy and Parenthood; SR 605-225-10, 17 Jun 54, Release of Women Officers Because of Marriage, Pregnancy, or Parenthood. Copies in CMH Library.
11 SR 615-120-23, 27 Mar 53, Enlistment of High School Graduates for Specific Army Schooling, CMH Library. The 17 courses were Dental Assistant, Dental Laboratory Specialist, X-Ray Technician, Medical Technician, Medical Laboratory Procedures Specialist, Occupational Therapy Technician, Personnel Management Specialist, Machine Accounting Specialist, WAC Clerical Procedures and Typing, Stenography, Cryptography, Finance and Accounting Specialist, Clinical Psychology, Telephone or Teletype Operations, Still Photography, Message Center Procedures, and Cooking.
12 AR 600-175, 17 Jul 53, Foreign Service, CMH Library; Gains of RA Enlisted Women by Source and Term of Enlistment, Strength of the Army Report
(STM-30), 30 Jun 54.
13 Change 3, 27 Mar 53, to SR 615-105-1, 6 Jun 52, Recruiting for Regular Army, CMH Library; ODWAC WAC Ref File, AFWST, CMH.
14 SR 615-120-7, 10 Jul 52, Reenlistment of Overseas Returnees for Direct Assignment to Army Installations in the Continental United States, CMH Library.
15 SR 615-120-5, 20 Feb 50, as superseded 28 Jul 53 and 14 May 54, Choice of Service for Mer Enlisting or Reenlisting for 3, 4, 5, or 6 Years, CMH Library.
16 DF, ACofS, G-1, to TAG, 8 Sep 53, sub: Reenlistment Options for Regular Army Enlisted Women in ACofS-G1 Summary of Major Events and Problems FY 1954, CMH Ref Br; Change 1, 21 Apr 55, to SR 615-120-5, 14 May 54, added reenlistment options for women.
17 AR 601-229, 31 Aug 55, Enlistment and Reenlistment for Army Schooling, CMH Library.
18 Memo to Asst SecDef (Manpower and Personnel), Oct 53, sub: Final Report, AD HOC Committee on the Future of Military Service as a Career that will Attract and Retain Capable Career Personnel, Army Information Digest, Feb 54, p. 24.
19 PL 506, An Amendment to the Career Compensation Act of 1949, 83d Cong, 16 Jul 54.
20 SR 615-120-1, 1 Mar 54, Intra-Army Recruiting Program; DA Pam 601-1, A Reenlistment Guide, Jul 54; and AR 601-280, 21 Apr 55, Intra-Army Reenlistment Program. Copies in CMH Library.
2l DA Msg, 10 Feb 53, sub: Bar to Reenlistment, and "A Re-Enlistment Guide for WAC Unit Officers," May 53, ODWAC Ref File, Re-Enlistment, CMH.
22 PL 20, 84th Cong, 31 Mar 55; PL 442, 85th Cong, 20 Mar 58; PL 650, 83d Cong, 24 Aug 54; AR 350-260, 13 Mar 58, Army Enlisted Training Program in Civilian Educational Institutions, CMH Library. HR 143, introduced in Jan 47 by Congresswoman Edith Nourse Rogers to provide VA benefits to WAACs honorably discharged on disability, had not passed.
23 Strength of the Army Report (STM-30) , 30 Jun 55.
24 Memo, LtGen Ridgway to the G-1, 17 Nov 50, ODWAC Ref File, Fort McClellan, CMH.
25 Memo for Record (MFR), ODWAC, 7 Mar 53, sub: Background Information on Permanent WAC Training Center, ODWAC Ref File, Fort McClellan, CMH.
26 Ibid.
27 Ibid.
28 Maj Mary C. Lane, "The History of Fort McClellan," 14 Jul 55, CMH Ref Br.
29 MFR, LtCol Emily C. Gorman, DepDWAC, 30 Sep 53, sub: WAC Center Construction with incl "Estimated Cost of WAC Construction," ODWAC Ref File, WAC Center Housing, CMH.
30 MFR, LtCol Emily C. Gorman, DepDWAC, 30 Apr 53, ODWAC Ref File, WAC Center Housing, CMH.
31 DF, DWAC to G-4, 14 Jan 53, sub: WAC Training Center Construction, and OPLAN (Operations Plan) CONSOLIDATE, 1 Jul 76, USA School/Training Ctr, Ft McClellan, Annex F, App I, p. P-1-1, ODWAC Ref File, WAC Center Housing, CMH. See also LtCol Helen Bouf6er, "Construction," in Rpt, WAC Staff Advisers Conf, 1953, p. 25, ODWAC Ref File, WAC Staff Advisers Conferences, CMH.
32 Maj Margaret A. Long, S-1; LtCol Helen V. Novak, S-3; Maj Mona L. Voinche, S-4; Maj Charlotte I. Woodworth, CO, Basic Training Battalion; Maj Laura M. St. Clair, Asst Commandant, WAC School; Maj Gertrude F. Lund, Food Service Adviser; Maj Margot L. Harris, Headquarters Commandant; Maj Elizabeth G. Bell, Adjutant; and Capt Kelsey C. Crocker, Special Services Officer.
33 Movement Orders, HQ, Second Army, Fort Meade, MD, AIABCO-O 370.5, 2 May 54, sub: Movement of Units on Permanent Change of Station, and HQ WAC Center, Fort Lee, VA, 2 Jun 54, sub: Movement Orders, Women's Army Corps Center. DA GOs 38 and 39, both 26 May 54, established the WAC Center and WAC School, Fort McClellan, effective 10 Jun 54. Fort McClellan GOs 19, 23, and 25, 29 Jun, 12 Jul, and 21 Jul 54, respectively, established major WAC units at WAC Center and WAC School, Fort McClellan. Copies of all documents are included in Annual Report, WAC Center, Fort Lee and Fort McClellan, 1954, History Collection, WAC Museum.
34 Historical Report, WAC C&S, 1954, History Collection, WAC Museum.
35 Information on WAC facilities and WAC relations with the local population is from Historical Reports, WAC C&S, 1954 and 1955, History Collection, WAC Museum.
36 WAC Center Commander's Newsletter, 11 Oct 54, ODWAC Ref File, Fort McClellan, CMH.
37 Historical Report, WAC C&S, 1954, History Collection, WAC Museum.
38 Strength of the Army Reports (STM-30), 30 Jun 54, 30 Jun 55, 30 Jun 56.
39 Treadwell, The Women's Army Corps, p. 753.
40 AR 615-25-20, 15 Nov 50, Enlisted Career Fields; SR 615-25-15, 15 Nov 50, Enlisted Military Occupational Specialties; and SR 615-25-36, 15 Nov 50, WAC MOS Assignment. Copies in CMH Library.
41 Office of the Surgeon General of the Army, Report of the Female Staffing Test at Murphy General Hospital, 1 June 1949 to 30 April 1950, p. 1, CMH Ref Br.
42 Ibid., p. 15.
43 Ibid., pp. 15-16.
44 Walter Reed General Hospital, Washington, DC, Annual Historical Activities Rpts, 1950 (pp. 255-56), 1951 (p. 333), and 1952 (p. 335), CMH Records Br.
45 Army News Feature release, The Bayonet (Ft. Benning post newspaper), 4 Sep 52.
46 Ltc, CofS to G-1, 30 Oct 51, sub: Reduction in Number of MOS Authorized, with 1st Ind to Chief, Army Field Forces, 26 Dec 51, Final Report, Study of the Enlisted MOS Structure of the Army, 12 May 54, part 3, CMH Ref Br.