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War Department had indicated that some of the army’s most distinguished schools were opening their doors to Waacs when WAAC Headquarters informed AAF on 19 May that WAAC officers might now be sent to the Command and General Staff School at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Air commands were constantly asking about the possibility of using WAAC officers on various assignments, only to learn that the law under which the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps operated provided for the use of WAAC officers only to administer WAAC enlisted personnel. Those in charge of training at AAF Headquarters asked, on 29 July, why the Canadian idea of utilizing women soldiers to run the army’s messes was not good one, and once again explanation had to be made of how adversely use of women on basic assignments affected voluntary recruitment of clerical personnel. 


Men who all their lives had seen their wives and daughters take part in plays could not see for the life of them “why there’s anything wrong in Waacs doing it”. There was, of course, nothing wrong in Waacs taking part in plays or shows as part of their recreation. What the officers failed to see was that the same public which would see young men in a show like “Winged Victory” and say, “Isn’t it nice those hardworking soldiers get some recreation?”, would see young women in such a show and say, "I told you the army didn’t need them!” On 28 July 1943 the first of a series of directives with regard to this subject was issued by War Department to provide that Waacs might participate in theatrical performances given at their home stations before audiences made up of military personnel and their families, provided such participation was done during off-duty hours. The regulation was relaxed from time to time, to provide that Waacs could take part in shows at neighboring army installations, in Little Theatre plays in neighboring towns, etc.

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