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Historical Highway MarkersWomen's Army Corps Training CenterK-219
The Women's Army Corps (WAC) Training Center was established at nearby Camp Lee in 1948, when the corps gained Regular Army status. The first staff members transformed overgrown fields and dilapidated buildings into usable facilities. Run entirely by women, the center offered basic training, specialty training, and officer courses. Gen. Omar Bradley and U.S. Rep. Edith Nourse Rogers visited WACs at the base, designated Fort Lee in 1950. The feature film Never Wave at a WAC (1953), starring Rosalind Russell, was filmed here. About 30,000 WACs were trained at the center before it moved to Fort McClellan, Alabama, in 1954.
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References/Bibliographic Citation: Bettie J. Morden, The Women’s Army Corps, 1945-1978 (Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History, United States Army, 1990). “History of the WAC Training Center, Camp Lee, Virginia, From 15 June 1948 to 24 January 1949.” Articles from Camp Lee Traveller, Richmond Times-Dispatch, Petersburg Progress-Index, Army Times, Washington Post, Richmond News-Leader. |