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Department, in which all officers worked in the same specialty. Everything that had been done in the WAC program during the previous three years had pointed toward less specialization of Wacs and greater integration of WAC personnel into all commands and organizations of the army. Consequently WAC officers were performing every type of officer job, from that of a WAC squadron commander to that of a Judge Advocate or Quartermaster officer. Air Forces believed that, with an attempt being made to choose officer candidates for so many types of jobs, many types of personality, training, and skill were acceptable; and no central board, choosing only on the basis of written reports, could arrive at a fair choice between two candidates. The AAF, as its last suggestion in its long campaign to simplify the mechanics under which WAC personnel could be assigned to any and all appropriate army jobs, made the counter proposal that WAC personnel be considered eligible, not just for a WAC officer candidate school, but for any officer candidate school in the army which trained people to do the types of jobs which WAC officers were assigned to. Under this plan only those Wacs who were being selected for officer training with the view of preparing them to be WAC squadron officers would attend the WAC officer candidate school - primarily a school for administrators of women. Wacs destined to become Air Corps administrative officers would attend the AAF Administrative Officer Candidate School; Wacs destined to become Adjutant General Officers would attend the

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