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==== Women's Army Corps (WAC) ====
[[File:1945 Aug 10 WAC Review Wiker.jpg|thumb|[[Women's Army Corps|WAC]] Review Ladd Field, 1945]]

1st Lt. Woodall was the first [[Women's Army Corps|WAC]] to be stationed at Ladd Field, arriving in January 1945 to work as an aerial photographer with the Cold Weather Test Detachment. At Ladd Field, her duties included establishing the Extreme Temperature Operations Unit (ETOU) laboratory that tested photographic equipment on military aircraft. This required her to cross the Arctic Circle in a B-29 at high altitude making her the first armed forces female to fly to the arctic. The 1466th AAF Base Unit Squadron W arrived at Ladd Field in April. Maj. Betty Etten Wiker, then a 1st Lieutenant (1st Lt.) served as the WAC commanding officer at Ladd Field. The WAC served in various positions, from office work to performing field duty as medics and airplane mechanics. One tenth of the Ladd Field WACs were assigned duties within Army Airways Communication System (AACS). The WAC departed from Ladd Field in December 1945 after the end of the Lend-Lease Program.<ref>{{cite book |title=Their War, Too: The Women's Army Corps and Ladd Field |publisher=Fort Wainwright Directorate of Public Works Cultural Resource Management Office}}</ref>