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This 1970 USAF Office of Information file from the 21st Air Division at Hancock Field, Syracuse, collects community relations correspondence. It includes Enrico Grimaldi's report of faint star-like objects seen over Commack, Long Island on November 21, 1970, and Major Francis C. Moriarty's reply. The reply notes that Project Blue Book ended December 17, 1969, so the Air Force would not investigate. The file also holds a draft article on NORAD and SAGE, survey requests, thank-you letters and press tour messages.
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# FACT SHEET DEFENSE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON WOMEN IN THE SERVICES The Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services (better known by its short title DACOWITS) was established in 1951 by the Secretary of Defense. Limited to a membership of 50, DACOWITS is composed of civilian women who are selected as members on the basis of their outstanding reputations in business, a profession, or public service and their records of civic leadership. Equitable field-of-interest and geographical representation are also selection factors. Members are appointed to DACOWITS by the Secretary of Defense for three years. They serve as individuals, not as official representatives of any group or organization with which they are affiliated. Semi-annual meetings are held in Washington, D. C. The purposes of this civilian committee include: (1) to interpret to the public the need for and the role of women in the services and to promote public acceptance of military service as a career field for women, (2) to advise the Department of Defense on policies relating to women in the services, (3) to recommend measures to insure effective utilization of the capabilities of the women in the services, (4) to recommend standards for the training, housing, health, recreation and general welfare of women in the services. Each DACOWITS member, in her particular field of interest and geographical area, endeavors to increase public acceptance of the concept of military service for women as a facet of good citizenship. To this end, the Committee develops and carries out a continuing and unified education program about women in the services -- Army WAC, Navy WAVES, Air Force WAF, Women Marines, Army Nurses, Navy Nurses, Air Force Nurses, Army Medical Specialists, Air Force Medical Specialists and Women's Specialists Section, Navy Medical Service Corps. They seek to promote understanding of the principal need for women in the armed forces in peacetime -- to maintain a nucleus of trained women to serve as the framework for absorbing thousands of women, utilizing their capabilities effectively and quickly, in case of national mobilization.
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Official release, from the nara collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. The text was read from the page images by GLM-OCR; expect the odd misread word. 95 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.