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[Women's Army Corps / WWII] - WOMEN . . . OUR WOUNDED NEED YOUR CARE! [. . . ] Join a Hospital Company
: Recruiting Publicity Bureau United States Army, 1945. 1st Edition. Cream paper printed in blue, grey and white. Backed in linen with white paper coating to poster side. Broadside. Linen-backed. Large illustration of a woman in a blue WAC uniform carrying a surgical tray. Poster: 37-3/4" x 25-1/4". Backing: 39-1/2" x 27-1/4". Fine condition. Although the U.S. Army Medical Department was one of the slowest to integrate women, when over 5,000 of its combat-ready men -- including many trained technicians and orderlies -- were forced to transfer to the Infantry in early 1944, the department began a major push to recruit women to fill the positions. The Female Medical Technician campaign, as pictured here, was hugely successful, despite the high qualifications demanded of applicants, many of whom were required to have advanced degrees and at least two years of experience in their fields. WACs also served as laboratory technicians, psychiatric social workers, medical stenographers, and in a variety of other technical and/or skilled medical positions; by the end of the war, the Medical Department employed approximately 20,000 WACs, nearly a fifth of the Corps. [Treadwell, United States Armies in WWII. Special Studies: The Women's Army Corps] The poster reads, in full: "Women . our wounded need your care! | You can help to give it . The U.S. Army Medical Department is calling for help -- the help of WOMEN -- needed in Army hospitals to serve as medical technicians, surgical technicians, and in other important assignments. Assignments also available at Army Air Forces, Ground Forces, and Service Force Installations. | Join a hospital company. | For information apply at any U.S. Army Recruiting Station or ask your local Postmaster." Uncommon, particularly in this fine of condition.
USD 1045.00 [Appr.: EURO 969.5 | £UK 834 | JP¥ 162536] Booknumber: 43502
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USD 1045.00 [Appr.: EURO 969.5 | £UK 834 | JP¥ 162536] Booknumber: 43502
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Total: USD 1045.00 [Appr.: EURO 969.5 | £UK 834 | JP¥ 162536]
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