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Holiday AtmosphereFor WAACs(Continued from page I) he was proud of them and glad to have them all assigned to the USAAF.Col. Harvey H. Holland, the post commander, was there, too, with Gen. Knox. Col. Holland has been in charge of the WAACs’ welfare since they landed, and has, he said, enjoyed their stay at the camp.A lunch was given by Col. Holland for the guests, and, for the first time in the ETO, WAAC KPs were on duty at the tables, directed by S/Sgt. Margaret McCance, of Long Beach, Cal.In a corner of the barracks street, strange noises of female voices were heard. In the center of a crowd of girls was 1/Sgt. Virginia “Rosie” Rosekrans, of Chicago, leading her company in the singing of the battalion song:“Our troops are tops,They can’t be beat.Our officers, the best you meet.Success in battle is our theme We'll follow the steps of Pallas Athene, And we'll soon be marching on to victory.”(Pallas Athene is the emblem of theWAACs).Their company commander, Capt. Frances S. Cornick, of Norfolk, Va., came along so the girls started to sing ’‘Carry me back to oV Virginny.”“This,” said Capt. Cornick, “is apple-polishing in a big way.” But she sang, too.First To Go To WorkThe company was splitting up. On the bulletin board the names of 71 girls had been posted. They were the first WAACs of the battalion in the BTO to go to work, j £ Yesterday they went to London to attend I *! a course at a communications school. J They had two special coaches on the train. Civilians gaped, soldiers, sailors and airmen of the United Nations cheered and waved.London, the WAACs decided, was just the place they had been wanting to see for a long time. WAACs, the Gls who happened to be around the neighborhood when the girls moved into their billets decided, were just the people they had ■been wanting to see for a long time.Within a few minutes of moving inland the billets are in a house that looks like a de Mille set before the depression —Joes and Janes were doing balcony scenes that Romeo and Juliet never thought of: “Where do you come from?” “Anyone from Texas?” “See you at the Washington club.”The WAACs had fun. They like London and being with the soldiers. The Red Cross took them on tours of historical places and bombed areas. The soldiers took them to pubs and dances. They have spoken to Guards from Buckingham Palace.But—at 6.30 in the morning they will stand reveille. Work for the WAACs has started.
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London Stars and Stripes
London, Middlesex, GB
Mon, Jul 26, 1943
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