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rivalry between the men and women at a certain post, or because of the presence of American girls who were "like the girl next door" at some battle station overseas; development of the women themselves in job skills, self assurance, poise; etc. - these things cannot be assessed until the program can be viewed from the judicious and impersonal distance of the future. Even now, before the full value of the program is known, it can be said with assurance, however, that the WAC program in the Air Forces during World War II was a part of the natural evolution towards full utilization of women's skills and full recognition of their place as citizens, just as it was a part of the natural evolution toward the full employment of a nation's manpower during a modern war.

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