Women's Army Corps School -- Stephen F Austin State University, Nacogdoches Texas
N 31° 37.315 W 094° 38.896
15R E 343667 N 3499708
A Women's Army Corps (WAC) school operated on the campus of what was then known as the Stephen F Austin State Teacher's College to train WACs the noncombatant duties of service to the United States military in World War II
Waymark Code: WMXJBY
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 01/18/2018
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The Women's Army Corps (WAC) School at Stephen F. Austin State teachers College was one of 3 schools where WAC members could be trained in their noncombatant duties. Other schools were located at the Saul Ross State Teacher's College at Alpine TX and at the Texas State Teacher's College at Canyon, TX.
The marker is located near the Vera Dugas Liberal Arts building, and reads as follows:
"Women's Army Corps School
Founded in 1942 in response to the overwhelming need for volunteers for service in World War II, the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) became a regular unit of the U. S. Army as the Women’s Army Corps (WAC) in 1943. By 1945 the Corps reached its peak enrollment of about 100,000, with women serving both at home and abroad.
In early 1943, at a time when enrollment at Stephen F. Austin State Teachers College (now Stephen F. Austin State University) had dropped to fewer than 500 because of the war, the U. S. Army established Army Administration School No. 1 here on the campus to train Women’s Army Corps members in noncombatant duties. Similar schools were located at colleges in Alpine and Canyon.
The WACs were housed in campus dormitories and attended six-week training courses taught by the Army personnel in the Austin and Rusk buildings. In a show of homefront solidarity, upon graduation each WAC class presented a variety show for the community at the Nacogdoches high school auditorium. The WACs then left east Texas for postings throughout America and abroad. By the time the school closed in March 1944 about 3,000 women had trained here.
(1995)"
Related Website: [Web Link]
Admission Fee: Zero
Opening Days/Times:
24/7
Supplementary Related Website: Not listed
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