A group of WAACS are seen making their way to an embarkation port en route to Africa in 1943. (U.S. Army) On Christmas Eve 1942, Doris Epperson and 11 other Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps officers got a present from Uncle Sam. They were promoted, only a few months after women were first allowed to serve in the armed forces. Advertisement At the Chicago headquarters of the 6th Tactical Command, Col. John Sullivan pinned a new insignia on Epperson and saluted her as a first officer in the WAAC. That made her the equivalent of an Army captain. It was a...
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