1945 Women's Army Corps WAC Soldier Waltham Massachusetts 8mm color film

Vintage 1945 Color 8mm Home Video of Clare enlisted Women's Army Corps. Rita Richards Maple Street. United States Military Dress Uniform Outside Landscape Welcome home family salute trees bushes cars attire woman trying on uniform. Holding up newspaper from the washington post. Hurricane rips New England Hub Escapes Brunt of Storm. houses man on ladder platyfly
Roosevelt signed the legislation on July 1, 1943, which changed the name of the Corps to the Women's Army Corps (WAC) and made it part of the Army of the United States. This gave women all of the rank, privileges, and benefits of their male counterparts. (footnote came from army.mil)