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command with the army's Recruiting Publicity Bureau in New York, of Air WAC recruitment window displays donated by national chain stores, of securing authority to "clear" all national advertising contacts through one agency designated by the War Advertising Council. On 9 November the Chief of the Air Staff, Lt. Gen. Barney M. Giles, sent a memorandum to the Personnel Division of AAF Headquarters stating that he believed insufficient WAC personnel was being utilized in the campaign. As a result of this memorandum a letter was sent to all air forces and commands, signed by General Giles, urging maximum effort on the Air WAC recruiting campaign and asking all commands to cooperate with Training Command to the fullest possible extent in making personnel available for the program. On 29 November 185 women were inducted into the WAC in Philadelphia as the first "Air WAC Company" to be enlisted in the United States. The women were recruits who had indicated their desire to enlist during the week or 10 days just previous to 29 November, and arrangements were made to swear them into the service as a group so that a special ceremony could be held and so that they could be sent to the training centers together. Brig. Gen. William Hall, deputy chief of air staff, was principal speaker at the ceremony. By the last day of November - six weeks after the campaign opened - 1877 women had been recruited with a promise of assignment to AAF.

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