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of the Army's great airlines which encircle the globe. And women from the nine states in the Seventh Service Command are talking of Rosecrans Field and St. Joseph, Mo., as though they were already on the base and at work.
    In the 48 states more than 1,000 women have enlisted to serve with the ATC at one of its score of bases in the United States and most of them hope to go overseas to stations along the air routes used by the Air Transport Command.
    "What kind of a town is St. Joseph?" they often asked, especially those from Colorado or Minnesota or North Dakota. 
    "A good town," is the only answer. Friendly people. A splendid USO. A town that welcomes Wacs and makes them feel at home. The women, most of them girls in their early twenties, nod their heads and seem satisfied to continue to boast that they will soon serve with ATC.
    Busy company officers of the Women's Army Corps at Fort Des Moines who must take recruits from civilian life and mold them into disciplined and trained Wacs in a short five weeks, have little time to think about the Air Transport Command or the Army Air Forces. Theirs is a long day, seven days a week. The basic training they give at Fort Des Moines is equally helpful to women who serve in the