Women’s Army Corps

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Women’s_Army_Corps

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:military_organization
gptkbp:abbreviation	gptkb:WAC
gptkbp:activeDuring	gptkb:Korean_War gptkb:Vietnam_War gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:allowedRanks	gptkb:police_officer enlisted
gptkbp:approvedBy	gptkb:Public_Law_554
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:dissolved	1978
gptkbp:firstDirector	gptkb:Oveta_Culp_Hobby
gptkbp:formed	1942
gptkbp:headquarters	gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Women’s Army Corps
gptkbp:integratesWith	gptkb:regular_Army
gptkbp:motto	"Release a Man for Combat"
gptkbp:notable_member	gptkb:Florence_Blanchfield gptkb:Mary_Hallaren gptkb:Charity_Adams_Earley
gptkbp:notableEvent	first women to serve in the U.S. Army other than nurses WACs served overseas in WWII desegregation of units in 1948 WACs served in administrative, medical, and technical roles
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:United_States_Army
gptkbp:predecessor	gptkb:Women’s_Army_Auxiliary_Corps
gptkbp:purpose	enable women to serve in non-combat positions in the U.S. Army
gptkbp:successor	integration of women into all Army branches
gptkbp:uniform	distinctive WAC uniform
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Congressional_Gold_Medals gptkb:U.S._military_(World_War_II)
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6