Morning Register Des Moines, Iowa
New WAC Officers Told Of Postwar Work to Do
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can fulfill your dreams and ambitions.
"You must not forget that there will be a day of peace and that
Two newly-commissioned WAC second lieutenants attending banquet at Hotel Fort Des Moines examine regular army hat insignia displayed by Lieut. Elizabeth A. Skeels, commanding officer of fortieth WAC officer graduating class. Left to right are: Second Lieutenants Claire Hensley of Choteau, Mont., Sylvia J. Olshvvang of Philadelphia, Penn., and Lieutenant Skeels. Only a few of the insignia which replace the WAAC eagle were available Thursday.
The fortieth graduating class of the officer candidate school of the Women's Army Corps (WAC) Thursday night heard Gov. Bourke B. Hickenlooper assert that, after the war, women would play aj much more vigorous role in the economic and governmental affairs of their country.
Governor Hickenlooper talked
