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D13472-2
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- 1942-09-25 (Creation)
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In September of 1942, Tacoma got its first visit from the new US Girl Soldiers. Two of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) members were stationed in Tacoma to push the recruitment of more women. Margaret Barth is pictured in her snappy uniform with Bob Sonnen at the Winthrop Hotel. Miss Barth wore the bars of a second lieutenant. The WAAC was established by a bill enacted May 14, 1942 and the first women began training in July of that year. It was abolished at the end of August of 1943 and replaced by the Women's Army Corps (WAC), making women bonafide members of the Army. The other branches of the service soon followed. Women enlisting in the WAACs were required to have a high school diploma and could be married, but had to be without children. (T. Times 9/24/1942, pg. 1)
Barth, Margaret; World War, 1939-1945--Women--Tacoma; Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (Tacoma);