Overview of female contributions to WWII

[Biscuit]

I found this article highlighting female contributions to WWII and thought some of you might enjoy it.

During World War II, more than 250,000 women served in the armed forces through the army, coast guard, marine, and naval reserves.
Approved by the Secretary of War and sent to Congress 3 weeks after Pearl Harbor, passed by the House 249-83 in March, 1942, passed by a closer vote in the Senate and signed by the President in May, 1942, a bill introduced by Rep. Edith Nourse Rogers (originally submitted in May of 1942) created the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) with an authorized enrollment of 150,000. Due to bureaucratic confusion resulting from the "auxiliary" status of women, the corps was changed to the Women's Army Corps (WAC) in July, 1943. Women's training was much like men's and included parade drill, the discipline of barracks life, and classes in military methods. Among the hundreds of occupations filled by women were cartography, computing, motor mechanics, weather forecasting, parachute packing, mail sorting, photography, air traffic control, and dog and pigeon training. A few women served as cooks and bakers, but they served only other WACs. WAC's sent overseas and working as radio/telephone operators and translators, received the enthusiastic support of General Eisenhower who saw them as a key to successful communications requiring the knowledge of many languages. Women also performed nursing and clerical functions.

Here's the link: Women Veterans of WW II

Enjoy!

[Wustenfuchs]

Here's to all the women that served in WW2!!