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been so completely integrated into the mechanics for placement of men as they would be under a system such as that described in the preceding paragraph, the question arises as to whether it is necessary or desirable to continue to enlist women in a special women's component of the army and administer them as WAC units, or whether it would be better simply to enlist them in the branch of the army (AAF, etc.) in which they are destined to serve. The WAC during World War II has had only one Corps mission - the administration of women in the army. As men have become more and more familiar with the WAC program, there has been less and less need for special WAC directives, channels of communication, tables of organization, etc. However, it as been apparent throughout the WAC program that WAC squadron commanders have been extremely important factors in the program, and their importance seems in no way to be diminishing as the WAC draws toward to close of its World War II career. Women lead on their company commander for advice and guidance considerably more, evidently, than do men; and women who are placed temporarily on commutation of quarters and rations seem to feel the lack of company life very strongly. The importance of WAC squadron commanders was immediately apparent when an installation got a poor one - there would be almost immediate repercussions in the way of lowered morale and lowered job efficiency among the Wacs, and friction with other organizations on the base or with other officers. A good WAC commander, however - one who knew that,

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