WAVES uniforms.

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WAVES uniforms.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/49802460

Black wool jacket, skirt and pants, blue wool jacket and pants, white summer jacket and skirt, light blue pinstripe summer jacket and two skirts, summer hat and blue wool cover, black wool hat, military tie, assorted medals and WAVES pin.

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Texas Woman's University Library, Mary Evelyn Blagg-Huey Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7614109

Texas Woman's University Library, Mary Evelyn Blagg-Huey Library

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United States. Naval Reserve. Women's Reserve

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The United States entered WWII in 1941 and soon faced a serious shortage of manpower in the military. Congress, along with public interest and advocacy from various national organizations, forced the Department of the Navy (over considerable internal resistance) to start accepting women into their service to augment the many thousands of men already active in the war effort. On June 24, 1942, Congress passed an act to create a women's reserve as a branch of the Naval reserve; to be governed by ...

Meyers, Mae Estelle.

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Educator, occupational therapist and technical designer. Joined the WAVES, a branch of the U.S. Navy, during World War II. Taught air navigation to pilots and cadets. Retired from Navy Reserves in 1968. From the description of WAVES uniforms. (Texas Woman's University Library). WorldCat record id: 49802460 ...