From 1942 to 1945, Lt. Col. Betty Bandel served in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corp (WAAC, later WAC, the Women's Army Corps), eventually heading the WAC Division of the Army Air Force. During these years she wrote hundreds of letters to family and friends tracing her growth from an enthusiastic recruit, agog in the presence of public figures such as Eleanor "Rover" Roosevelt, to a seasoned officer and leader. Bandel was one of the Corps' most influential...