Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps
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Women’s Army Corps
(WAC)
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Part I...Part II...Part III
-- Medals and Ribbons
-- Service and Dress Uniform
-- Work Attire
-- Cold/Wet-Weather Clothing
-- Miscellaneous
-- Dress Regulations
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Insignia
(Part III)
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Part I
Part II
Part III
- Cap Devices
- Collar/Lapel Insignia
- Buttons
- Rank Insignia
- Service Stripes
- Sleeve Patches
How to recognize Enlisted and Officer's Uniforms
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 How to recognize
Enlisted and Officer’s Uniforms
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WAC Officers
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Source: 73 questions and answers about the WAC (LB-X-22-RPB-12-31-43-500M)
WAC Enlisted
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Hat insignia: above-described eagle,1 ¾ “ overall height, gold colored metal
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Hat insignia: disc-mounted eagle, somewhat smaller than the one for officers
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Garrison cap: black-gold edge braid (black-silver for warrant officers),rank insignia on left front 
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Garrison cap: green-yellow edge braid 
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Shoulder straps: 3” length, parallel with the sleeve seam, later replaced by shoulder loops,
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Collar insignia: U.S. device on each collar lapel and Pallas Athene symbol (or sometimes a special Army Corps device) on each lapel flap 
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Collar insignia: disc-mounted U.S on right collar lapel and disc-mounted Pallas Athene symbol (or sometimes a
special Army Corps device) on left collar lapel 
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Rank insignia: worn on shoulder straps or loops of of overcoats, jackets, coats, and shirts (bars, leaves and eagles for commissioned officers same as Army officers of corresponding grade - see plate above)
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Rank Insignia: Auxiliaries who hold a grade wore the same insignia as Army noncommissioned officers of equal rank on sleeve - see plate under rank insignia,
additionally green-yellow patch with letters WAAC placed below the chevron (Aug 1942 until July 1943 only)
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Sleeve braid: three inches above the bottom of sleeve cuff (like Army officers)
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Uniform: private purchase, often tailor-made 
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Uniform: Quartermaster issue
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Uniform cloth: better quality fabric (barathea cloth for winter uniform/ tropical worsted wool for summer uniform)
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Uniform Cloth: covert wool for winter uniform/cotton twill for summer uniform. (Tropical worsted uniforms for enlisted available as optional off-duty wear in mid 1944) 
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Uniform color: winter uniform in dark olive drab color, allowed to wear light-shade drab ("pink") skirts to dark olive drab winter tunic
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Uniform color: winter uniform in olive drab color
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Insignia
Part I...Part II...Part III
Medals and Ribbons
Service and Dress Uniform
Work Attire
Cold/Wet-Weather Clothing
Miscellaneous
Dress Regulations
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