Poll: Drafting of women (4-2-44)

[NormanStewart]

@dan.harnden

Makes the racial question even more ridiculous. They will take single women but not integrate the military 100%

Didn’t stop them from doing their jobs, however.

@dan.harnden

For example adding more non combat roles such as logistics and transport.

Already WAC duties by this time. Ernie Pyle wrote about them months back:

Roving Reporter, Ernie Pyle

The Pittsburgh Press (July 7, 1943) [Ernie Pyle V Norman] Roving Reporter By Ernie Pyle First of five articles on the WAACs. North Africa – (July 6) This is a short series about the WAACs in Africa. There aren’t so very many of them over here so far. The ones who are here are a sort of test tube, but they are working out so well that many others undoubtedly will be coming along to reinforce them. There is a distressing shortage of WAACs. There are only 60,000 of them altogether, and I’…