European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 14, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes May 1948 Busy wac Marks 6th six years on 14 May president Roosevelt signed a Bill admitting women to a place in the nearly women on Active duty with the in the tiie Europe and the will pause to reflect on their six years of Volunteer service during War and at the Peak of its the wac numbered Over was did 406 jobs out of the 628 listed army and in of these was were found to be highly in totalling up the score of the women army corpsman Point with to the records established in their six years of the was who charted the course of the bombers on who worked on the Manhattan project and kept the secret of the atom who cabled the German who tended the army who came Side by Side with the i into translated and in the Niernberg trials and who today Are still beside their Brothers uniform working at jobs of importance the have earned for american women one of the most important roles their country first known As the women auxiliary army corps in the wac so proved its Worth to the army that in less than a was dropped and the the women army with equal rank and privileges along with the scarcely a year its inception in january the first members of the women army corps went Over seas arriving in arid in july of the a whole battalion marched Down the gang Plank we Scotland the first of Many of was in great Britain of was went ashore at Normandy on Day plus16 to take dictation at Beac Lohead while going on in Paris the entered the and armies went into Germany the wac were with before the huge redeployment of troops late in 1945 arid Early was were on duty Rin another were i the Pacific and War years the women earned just about every decoration a i could earn including the Bronze legion of soldiers the Croix de Guerre and the honorary wings of the chinese air during All of their six years of duty with the army 4hey served in Many and varied special assignments As Well As routine army schools have received and trained thou typical of the neat soldierly poise and excellent discipline which have Tina red the wac since it inception six years ago is this a stationed the wac ponders future with approximately women Iri uniform await congressional action on the status of the with right foot Mem Bers of the wac in the 7782nd March in re View Parade held at military government Headquarters in today there Are was on duty in the serving in every major Many of them Are vet Erans of prior serv they make a significant contribution to the occupation Sands of in All phases of m i 1 i t Ary work and the army is convinced that the wac will serve Many of the manpower military general Douglas Mcarthur has been quoted As the was Are among my finest general Lucius commander in chief and military governor of Europe has gone on record with the am confident that the women of the wac will continue to serve in their usual Superior general Clarence commanding forces in Europe and Deputy commander in chief of Neucom the wac is justifying the con the expectations an the Pride we have in the members of the women army corps have been of occupation duty with the army in Europe since the first official Cable was typed by a wac Serg Sfat on 8 May proclaiming Germany sur while another group of was worked All night on cease firing new no longer engaged in the assignments and the1 assistance of the army needs during but turn their experienced hands to the task of the occupation of Germany and was in Europe today Are on duty in every major Are serving in with the signal Quarter Mas personnel and German youth special the with the air with the military intelligence the judge and the adjutant Genera land the inspector generals the wac in Neucom is for the most part a technician at and of average age of approximately 21 cent of the was Are the wac is a Soldier with two or More years of ii interrupted service and inmost instances Jour or More years of continuous a Humber of was presently in Europe Are vet Erans of prior overseas the of the army opened competitive application for wac warrant the Quot for the department of the army was 25 and nine for the department of the air in word that 11 Neucom was were appointed the that eleven warrant officers we reappointed to Neucom would indicate the High calibre of was on duty with the army of occupation the women army corps today is the Cross roads of its future with the now on Active who have since returned to Are awaiting congressional action As to whether wac will continue the army in an or Reserve As a regular and Reserve soon after hostilities were at the War department set about planning a Bill which would integrate qualified women i peacetime military establishment for nearly two years while this legislation has been pending the army top generals and efficiency of the was at Al types of Job shave Eon tenuously been of the Ernecl a in regular army of 1