European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 11, 1947, Darmstadt, Hesse After a bicycle trip along the main River at Frankfurt these girls have a bite to eat in their wag snack the Elbow Hunting baggage lost by rail travellers is the Job of Ona she has located missing articles from cameras to dependents declare baggage upon arrival at the Bremerhaven staging in route to the assisted by Edith athletic programs Are organized and classes conducted by trained was in each unit for both outdoor and indoor Over switchboards where German voices had just been they coded and decoded interpreted everything from arabic and finnish to administered a big German women prisoners checked captured German Materiel and filed the Money and property of German pcs to be held in Bond for it was a wac sergeant on May who typed the official Cable proclaiming Germany while another group of was worked All night on cease firing at the surrender in was according to a newspaper served martinis to the German and brought them copies of the stars and stripes when they requested something to on be Day there were was serving somewhere in the world thousand in the european 5600 in the they had earned most of the decorations soldiers Puld Wear from hearts and legion of Merit to the chinese honorary wings of the chinese air the chinese Cloud the French Croix de they had proven to everybody satisfaction that women could keep a iday invasion on the atom bomb on in military intelligence in enlistments in the wac ended soon after Vij and the vast women army began to be de today of the twelve Sand still in some 2200 Are in Germany and 1100 More in the most Are veterans with three and f our is of army and Many Are re enlistees who tried civilian life decided army life was in the work of occupation wac still As Many and various jobs As they did during the of the 628 officially listed army 409 were found suit Able for 239 highly six was helped the chief counsel prepare his Case against nazi War criminals at a wac formerly a Detroit police took charge of women wit Nesses at the another wac Cap Tain handled the restitution of works of Art seized by the was have been Active in leading German youth much of women measured for made a lot of calculations and came up with the information that she is a size five four inches 128 25vi Inch Waist other measure ments Are unpublished and no doubt filed As restricted in the War de she wears size 7 hosiery and 22 hat other surveys reveal a bit More about her background and the average was age is she has had at least a High school education per cent Are College i the women army corps is serving with distinction in the army of this year on the fifth anniversary of the the army continues to be proud of the record of these women in i have seen them in action during their five years of untiring service during at the and today on the Job of the occupation this Mission is being accomplished in the american and through out its accomplishment the wac is playing a significant justifying the the expectations and the Pride we have in it Clarence Huebner Neucom which is Volunteer work squeezed into precious Leisure to wac detachment in for has instituted a series of weekly forums at which teenage German girls come to discuss the pros and cons of life in Germany and in Amer other was teach German Young people american american they entertain orphans and teach classes for German boys and what is the typical wac the quartermaster corps added up the inches and pounds of some one out of seven was married when she one out of fourteen mar ried while in More than half had close relatives or finances in the army when they and for the fearful males who thought army service might change women minds about a career As a per cent of All was replied to a questionnaire that their first ambition was marriage and Home for the Benefit of interested the United states armed forces Institute Early included courses in Home nutrition and child psychology in its curriculum of correspondence interviewed As to what army service had done for most was had a ready in the huge melt ing pot of personalities that is the there they no place for a snob or a spoilsport it made me More tolerant of other Points of hundreds of was helped me learn How to get along better with others replied that army life had taught them tact a sense of As a one wac said i could pick my if i didst like i could quit any time i Felt like it in the army i knew i had to make and i wac officials like to Point out that the awol rate among was was extremely a missed train that made a woman late for today of the former was Back in civilian a Large percentage Are married 488 married in according to one newspaper uncounted numbers married when they and their Soldier finances got thousands More Are applying army Learned skills to postwar civilian jobs person Nel was who went to Cooks and Bakers schools Are running their own was who did Public relations work Are running their own newspapers and doing radio what about the future of the women army it Ever be come part of the regular army right now its up to the War department is preparing a Bill asking that the wac be incorporated in the regular army and in the Reserve looking Back on their record the War department we can use them As Long As we have an 13
