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such a campaign, offered to monitor the program for the entire AAF. The conference ended with the entire group accepting this suggestion, and with the A-1's of all other air forces and commands agreeing to supply personnel, base facilities, etc., to assist in the campaign.

Training Command in Charge

Accordingly, AAF Headquarters dispatched a letter to the Training Command 9 September 1943 informing them officially that the Secretary of War had extended authority to AAF to assist in recruiting Wacs, and delegating to Training Command authority to conduct the campaign. It was started that AAF needed about 46,000 more to fill its WAC quota. (1)

The basic plan was for AAF to put into the field as many AAF recruiting teams as Training Command believed were needed to stimulate recruiting of Air Wacs, and to publicize the program in any way that seemed desirable - through tours of air bases everywhere, "at homes" given by WAC squadrons at air bases, radio programs, public appearances, magazine and newspaper stories, etc. Once women indicated their interest in serving with the AAF, AAF recruiting teams were to direct them to Service Command recruiting stations for the actual enlistment process. Since the Service Commands were actually responsible for WAC recruiting, were themselves campaigning for branch recruitment of women for Air, Ground, and Service Forces, and had the greatest amount of knowledge regarding the ground


1. Cf. p. 26.

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