The WAC with the Army Ground Forces

Washington, DC: Recruitment Publicity Bureau of the US Army, 1944 First edition. Uncommon. . Original wrappers, depicting blonde woman in WAC uniform working on a map. . Quarto. 7.75 in. x 8.25 in. . With photographic reproductions on every page. There is some toning to back cover. Staples are rusted. A very good copy. This printed booklet promotes the Women's Army Corps to potential recruits. The first leaf introduces the WAC woman: "She has enlisted for the duration. Her hands and her ability contribute to a swifter victory." They describe a why a woman becomes a WAC member: "Because she shares a peaceful world, she knows she must share the fight to (truncated) help restore the peace we have lost." The booklet includes full-page photos of different roles for which WAC members can be trained, such as Code Clerk, Topographical Draftsman, Bookbinder, Artist, Mimeograph Operator, and more. Short biographies and photos for real WAC women are featured. For example, the biography for a bookbinder is: "Preservation of vital Army records by binding notes, memoranda and other papers into book form is the assignment of Private First Class Martha L.H. Healan at the Field Artillery School. Private Healan, whose home is in Gainesville, Georgia, was an inspector in a wearing apparel factory in civilian life. She learned bookbinding in the WAC." (Inventory #: 17880)