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Title	First WAAC major
Newspaper	Evening Tribune (Des Moines, Iowa)
Date Original	1943-05-07
Description	Image of Oveta Culp Hobby and Betty Bandel accompanies article.
Note	Caption reads: In Washington, D. C., Oveta Culp Hobby (right), director of the WAAC, pins gold leaves on the shoulders of Betty Bandel — the first field director of the WAAC. The rank of field director corresponds to that of major in the army. Field Director Bandel will be in charge of thousands of WAACs assigned to the air forces; she's from Tucson, Ariz.
Topic	Women's military activity
Subject	United States. Army. Women's Army Auxiliary Corps World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Female Women soldiers -- Iowa -- Fort Des Moines
Geographic Subject	United States -- Iowa -- Polk County -- Fort Des Moines
Type	Text Clippings Still Image
Digital Format	image/jpeg
Digital Collection	World War II Iowa Press Clippings
Contributing Institution	State Historical Society of Iowa, Iowa City
Rights Management	This digital image may be used for educational purposes, as long as it is not altered in any way. No commercial reproduction or distribution of this file is permitted without written permission of the State Historical Society of Iowa.
Height (cm)	1 clipping : b&w ; 12 x 10 cm
Digitization Specifications	Master image scanned with Ricoh Aficio MP C3000 as a JPEG at 600 ppi.
Date Digital	2007-05-25
File Name	1943-05-07-04.jpg
Theme	World War II
Language	eng
Full Text	Evening Tribune Des Moines, Iowa.--liS- \ FIRST WAAC MAJOR In Washington, D. C, Oveta Culp Hobby (right), director of the WAAC, pins gold leaves on the shoulders of Betty Bandel— the first field director of the WAAC. The rank of field director corresponds to that of major in the army. Field Director Bandel will be in charge of thousands of WAACs assigned to the air ^^rces; she's from Tucson, Ariz.^¦"

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