“Facts You Want to Know about the WAC.”

“Facts You Want to Know about the WAC.”

U.S. Army, Recruiting Publicity Bureau

1940s

Some of the women who volunteered to join the Women’s Army Corps (WAC) ultimately served as librarians in theaters around the world. As this recruiting booklet advertised, women were eligible for over 200 Army jobs, though they were ineligible to serve in combat. Armed with books, magazines, and newspapers, librarians went wherever U.S. troops did. This included overseas posts in close proximity to the fighting.

From the Collection of Molly Guptill Manning