auxiliary

(adjective)

Helping; giving assistance or support.

Related Terms

Examples of auxiliary in the following topics:

  • Black and White Abolitionism

    • Abolitionists included those who joined the American Anti-Slavery Society or its auxiliary groups in the 1830s and 1840s.
    • Abolitionists included those who joined the American Anti-Slavery Society or its auxiliary groups in the 1830s and 1840s as the movement fragmented.

  • Hispanics in WWII

    • With the creation of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC), predecessor of the Women's Army Corps (WAC), and the U.S.
    • After their basic training at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, the Puerto Rican WAC unit, Company 6, 2nd Battalion, 21st Regiment of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps, a segregated Hispanic unit, was assigned to the Port of Embarkation of New York City to work in military offices that planned the shipment of troops around the world.
    • Serving overseas was dangerous for women; if captured, WAACs, as "auxiliaries" serving with the Army rather than in it, did not have the same protections under international law as male soldiers.

  • Homefront Security

    • La Guardia also formalized the creation of Civil Air Patrol (CAP) - the civilian auxiliary of the United States Air Force - with Administrative Order 9, signed on 1 December 1941 and published 8 December 1941.
    • Under the CAP and its Coast Guard counterpart, the Coast Guard Auxiliary, civilians were trained to spot air raids, participate in search-and-rescue missions, and help with transportation.

  • Mobilization and the Development of the West

    • The Army established the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) in 1942, which served overseas in North Africa.

  • Changing Roles for Women

    • The Army established the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) in 1942, later converted to the Women's Army Corps (WAC) in 1943, and recognized as an official part of the regular army.

  • The Labor Wars

    • Their first organization was as an auxiliary, the Daughters of Liberty in 1765.

  • The Allied Drive Toward Berlin

    • During the push east, the cities of Frankfurt am Main, Kassel, Magdeburg, Halle and Leipzig were strongly defended by ad hoc German garrisons made up of regular troops, Flak units, Volkssturm and armed Nazi Party auxiliaries.

  • Changing Roles for Women

    • The Army established the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) in 1942.