When Did The Wacs End Women s Army Corps WAC U S Army unit created during World War II to enable women to serve in noncombat positions Never before had women with the exception of nurses served within the ranks of the U S Army With the establishment of the WAC more than 150 000 did so
Unfortunately by the end of May 1946 the WAC had dropped from a wartime high of more than 99 000 women to about 21 500 By the end of May 1948 WAC strength totaled approximately 6 500 women on active duty On June 12 1948 President Harry S Truman signed the Women s Armed Services Integration Act permitting women to serve in the Army WACs tackled their jobs with such enthusiasm that one sergeant declared they learned more in a day than his squads of men did in a week Once the WAC lost its auxiliary status the age limits widened to 20 to 50 WACs were to be of good health and character be between 5 and 6 feet tall weigh 105 to 200 pounds and have completed high school
When Did The Wacs End
When Did The Wacs End
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Senator William Proxmire of Wisconsin proposed an amendment to the FY 1979 Defense Procurement Authorization Bill which called for the end of the WAC The bill was passed and the WAC was disbanded DISBANDED 19 YEARS AGO WACS HAVE A NEW FIGHT
Colonel Hobby resigned from her command in July of 1945 and Colonel Westray Battle Boyce was named the Second Director of the WAC Demobilization of WAC forces increased in momentum enlistment ceased and WAC training centers were closed By the end of 1946 only 8 461 enlisted women and 1 194 officers remained in the Corps In 1948 women became part of the Regular Army and the first WAC officers to receive Regular Army appointments did so in December The Army accepted women from ages 18 to 35 but required women under 21 to obtain parental consent Enlistment for the Women s Army Corps Regular Army opened to civilians in September 1948 and on October 4
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The WAC now fully confirmed and vindicated opened new opportunities for women With the conversion of WAAC to WAC the ranking system immediately changed as well Toward the end of the war more women signed up to do their part in the Women s Army Corps Their major contributions during World War II and beyond demonstrate without WACs landed in France 38 days after D Day and later served in both the Korean and Vietnam Wars although women had to remain far behind the front lines They weren t even considered real Soldiers
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