With the beginning of the Korean conflict, women were again needed in greater numbers than in peacetime. I was sworn into the Women's Army Corps on my 18th birthday. My basic training was at Fort Lee, Virginia. After basic I attended the Leaders Course and after graduating from that program I was sent to Camp Gordon, Georgia to attend the Southeastern Signal Corps Training Center - Cryptography School.

After graduation I was stationed at Ft. Myer, Virginia and worked in the Communications Center at the Pentagon.

May 1952
General Bowen (British Army) and Pfc. Anita Laufhutte
Pentagon Semi-Automatic Tape Relay Section - Army Communication Center

A six week Leader's Course after basic training took enlisted women who displayed promise as potential non-commissioned officers and prepared them for positions of greater responsibility. Four weeks were devoted to academic work and classroom practice of principles acquired. This was followed by two weeks of on-the-job training (OJT) as assistants to non-commissioned officers in the various training companies of the Center. Academic work stressed leadership and methods of teaching.