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impersonating Wacs - and doing it so well that the casual observer could not tell whether the picture was of soldiers or of six-foot Wacs with unkept hair, mussy uniforms, and Size Twelve shoes.

The Wacs had, however, powerful champions by this time. One of the greatest single aids ever given to the WAC program in the AAF was a letter written to the commanding generals of all domestic air forces and commands on 25 February 1944 by the Commanding General, AAF. General Arnold inclosed [[enclosed]] in the letter an excerpt of a letter written by a Wac to a civilian friend, advising her not to join the WAC because of the "utter lack of respect for the personnel of the WAC" held by those members of the army whom she had met at the air base where she was stationed. She said, "Officers seem to take the attitude that it is lowering their dignity to have a Wac in a responsible position in their departments." General Arnold, while recognizing the fact that the letter did not reflect the attitude of soldiers or Wacs on air fields generally, said that the presence of such an attitude on even one air base was not to be tolerated. He pointed out that, as more and more men were shipped overseas, it was essential "to recognize and use the skill and training of women to the maximum extent possible." He added that, although classification of Wacs seemed almost universally to have been worked out successfully, there were still instances in which women were not given a degree of responsibility comparable to that they were accustomed to in civilian life. There was a need for

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