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that they accorded Waacs every recognition, said that at his own post Waacs were not permitted to fly; they could not go to town on payday or the following day; they could not go to town on payday or the following day; they could not go to town over three times a week (this resulted from a transportation problem, but the problem was not explained to the Waacs (1); cotton stockings had to be worn every day but Sunday, even though the temperature soared to 110; Waacs were forbidden to take sunbaths in bathing suits even in their own area; they were not permitted on the flight line; they were not permitted to wear riding clothes to a nearby ranch which rented horses, even though there was no place at the ranch for women to change into riding outfits; a Waac who had operated a job press for years was assigned as a cook, while a Waac who wanted to go to cooks' and bakers' school was assigned as a clerk in the bombing statistic department. 
Despite conditions such as these, the women did win their way (2) and did remain good soldiers, and about 80 percent of those who had served in the WAAC re-enlisted in the WAC

1. Experience showed that one of the greatest single factors in maintaining high morale among Wacs was giving them full and honest explanations of all problems and dislocations. They could and did stand any hardship cheerfully, if they knew "why". 

2. A factor which contributed powerfully to winning over the men who had at first disappproved of Wacs was the AAF WAC recruitment campaign undertaken in the winter of 1943-1944. The men, charged with recruiting Wacs, first had to learn what the WAC program was about, and, in learning, learned to know, like, and respect the women who made up the Corps.