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E-mail inquiries for the State Historical Society of Iowa should be directed to history.research@iowa.gov or library.st@uiowa.ed Master image scanned with Ricoh Aficio 3228C as a JPEG at 600 ppi. Tribune Des Moines, Iowa ftW 2 5 19*2; Part of WAAC to Serve ith U. S. Force Overseas WASHINGTON, D. C (U.P.)—Several members of the first officers trainin class to be graduated, from the women's army auxiliary corps school at ]^" MQlgflflii la., will be ordere^rotfverseas duty, it was disclosed Tuesday. The first class graduates on Saturday. In addition to those selected from that group, new WAAC officers from succeeding classes graduating at two-week intervals up to Oct. 10 also will be sent abroad. When the first contingents will be embarked was a military secret, but WAAC Director Oveta Culp Hobby said that "overseas" meant "England." Mrs. Hobby said that Lieut. Gen, Dwight D. Eisenhower, commanding American forces in the European theater of operations, had asked for 600 WAAC officers and [auxiliaries for service in Great Britain. Their work, Mrs. Hobby said, [will be chiefly in communications and administration. They will include two companies each of white and Negro W
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