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Stands for: Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service

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Created in August 1942 because the Navy needed additional military personnel.

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WAVES were an official part of the navy and recieved the same ranks and pay as men.

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At first, they could only serve in the United States but were authorized to go overseas late in the War.

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Stands for: women Air Force Services Pilots

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Created in August 1943 because there was a shortage of male pilots in WWII

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The Women’s pilots are very used to flying planes in the US

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The women that were in WASPS had privileges of officers but were never really apart of the Army Air Force (AAF)

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Several attempts to militarize the WASPS had failed

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SPARS was created on Nov. 23, 1942

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They sped up the progress of the war effort by providing for releasing officers and men for duty at sea and their replacement by women in the shore establishment of the Coast Guard

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The first 153 enlisted SPARs and 15 SPAR officers were former WAVES

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Spars are women in the (USCG) United States Coast Guard.

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There were more than 59,000 Army Nurses

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Were close to front so they were always under fire

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Worked in field hospitals, evacuation hospitals, hospital trains, and medical transport planes

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There was a low post-injury rate in the whole American Army

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Less than 4% of the soldiers who were treated died because of wounds or diseases