July 29, 1943
By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States, and as Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, it is ordered as follows:
There is hereby established the Women's Army Corps Service Medal, which shall include suitable appurtenances. Such medal may be awarded, under such regulations as the Secretary of War may prescribe, to members of the Women's Army Corps for honorable service performed by them in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps.
FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT
The White House,
July 29, 1943.
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Executive Order 9365—Women's Army Corps Service Medal Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/372371