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HUSTON, LOUISIANA,' THURSDAY, J0NE i 7, 194?.GOODBYE WAACSWe believe we can speak for all of Huston when we say CoL JoHSl A* H0d(] I we are sorry to see t he WAACs leave. T hey have shown T 1 •• , a new side of the all out war program we had started to work i KCiUl 115 10 #45 IIIWill Go To Capitala upon. And the feminine side to war was brought to us as aip • total surprise. We have come to know many of the women ^ in the service and to love them for their patriotism, devotion ,f to duty and steadfastness of purpose.'l i We understand the Fifth WAAC Training Center is to be.dissolved a* an organization. It will not be -transferred ormoved elsewhere, but omitted from future plans of militaiVwomen arch j organization. The other camps for training proving adequate to care for all enlistment since they areni-3 I»rissent into active service very quickly. The Leader today is 5! devoting its entire issue to a summary of the work of the y i WAAC and as an expression from the business men of the ”1 city for the Corps. Copies of this paper will be included in permanent records of the organization and given to every officer in the camp.Ruston has taken the girls to their hearts. They have d j tried to show them some of the southern hospitality they ex-jjpected to find in.this part of the deep south and in returp ls they have found a charming, energetic response. Our mer| chants have profited from their stay and we believe out! y | town has grown stronger around them. Our organization^ have functioned more efficiently. We were brought togetherin many ways and our association has proven beyond ques-t tion that American women have a part to play in this war and through the WAAC’s they are performing excellently. I Part of our traditions and pioneer history has been built aroqnd the fighting spirit of our women and when the camps were opened to them they flocked to the colors ever; bit as determined *and eager for service as any man. The i_ [ have a stake in victory and their sex is not keeping then} it away from the battle. This is the true spirit of America. Itaf is our own lovely American women in battle dress, and tlt;jhave been hosts to them as they trained tor service is a dis-tinct honor we will always remember and appreciate.We give them our most sincere best wiphes for happi ness in their tasks which will in all probability be hard be,! fore victory comes. But their part in it will be recognize; anijidiseinse1inCol. John A. Hoag, who leaves Sunday for Washington, D. C., to take over a special assignment with the Army, has been with the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps since last October, At that time he become commandant of the First WAAC Training ..Center at Fort Des Moines, la. He came directly from Fort Des Moines to Ruston to assume command of the Fifth WAAC Training Center when it was activated at Camp Rustcn in March.Now that this center is ocing disbanded. Colonel Moag is returning to the regular Army with which he has se vc: as an officer for the past thirty years. During that time he was stationed inPanama, Puerto Rico and Hawaii; as well as in the United States.He was executive officer of theArtillery Brigade at Schofielc Barracks, T. H.t and immediately before- assuming command of the First WAAC Training Center ai Fort Des Moines, he was in command of the artillery of the Mobile forces at Henry Barracks Puerto Rico.His branch of the service now is the Fidd Artillery, to which he transferred from the Coas1 Artillery in October, 1923.Colonel Hoag is a graduate othe famous U. S. Army Commartand General Staff School at For Leavenworth, Kan,, known ft “the toughest military school ii the world.” He1 also took an advanced course there1,Curing, their residence hen Colonel Hoag's wife has been acP-|we hope they will return as individuals if no as a group lft ^ ^ acl;vitis a
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Ruston Daily Leader
Ruston, Louisiana, US
Thu, Jun 17, 1943
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