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How the U.S. Army Botched Feeding Its Female Soldiers in World War II

Author: Miss Cellania / Source: Neatorama

The Women’s Army Corps was founded in 1942 to fill non-combat positions in order to free up men to go to the front lines in World War II. It soon became clear that the brass preparing for women soldiers did not understand women. For example, they stockpiled smelling salts for those who fainted during vaccinations, which was unnecessary, but fed the new recruits a standard army ration of nearly 4,000 calories a day.

That led to the peculiar condition of women gaining weight during basic training, and the harassment from male soldiers that followed. It took a…

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