Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) - 1942

 

1.75-inch pin-back button – WAAC Pallas Athene Insignia

The Women’s Army Corps was the women’s branch of the United States Army. It was created as an auxiliary unit, the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC), on 15 May 1942, and converted to an active duty status in the Army of the United States as the WAC on 1 July 1943. The WAC was disbanded on 20 October 1978, and all WAC units were integrated with male units.

Women enrolled into the WAACs who had not been issued uniforms wore this button on their civilian clothes until a uniform could be issued