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D13472-1
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- 1942-09-25 (Creation)
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(1919-1980)
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Tacoma got its first visit from America's new Girl Soldiers on September 25, 1942. Second Lieutenant Margaret Barth, Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC), center, is pictured with an unidentified woman and Bob Sonnen at the Winthrop Hotel. The WAAC had been formed in May of 1942, with its first members entering training in July of that year. The organization was replaced in September of 1943 by the Women's Army Corps (WAC,) making women actual members of the Army. Lt. Barth was stationed in Tacoma to push the recruitment of women. (T. Times 9/24/1942, pg. 1)
Barth, Margaret; World War, 1939-1945--Women--Tacoma; Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (Tacoma);