The Women's Army Corps During the Vietnam War (1961-1975)

Abstract

The Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) was established seventeen years prior to the start of the war. This Corps did not provide women a military status. One year later in 1943, the WAAC was discontinued and the Women's Army Corps (WAC) was created. Unlike the WAAC, the WAC allowed women to receive the same rank, title and pay as male Army Reserve Soldiers. From the beginning, the Corps' insistence upon high entry and retention standards kept it one of the elite groups of the Army. The Corps accepted only women who were well educated, physically and mentally fit and who had high moral standards. These entry and retention qualifications, the career obstacles and assignment restrictions, and the continuing battle for acceptance by the men created a bonding effect on the women.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 04, 2007
Accession Number
AD1130708

Entities

People

  • Kathy J. Hardy

Organizations

  • United States Army Sergeants Major Academy

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Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerial Warfare
  • Basic Training
  • Data Processing
  • First Aid
  • History
  • Korean War
  • Military Assistance
  • Military History
  • New York
  • North Vietnam
  • Personnel Management
  • Recruiting
  • Second World War
  • Small Arms
  • Standards
  • Training
  • United States
  • Vietnam
  • Vietnam War
  • War
  • Warfare
  • Weapons

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