WWII WOMEN IN THE ARMED FORCES

ROLES OF WAAC AND WAVES

• Radio operators
• Mechanics and gunnery repair
• Gunnery instructors
• Technical and scientific positions

CHALLENGES ENLISTED WOMEN FACED

• Jobs thought to be "improper for women"
• Women thought to be weak
• Congress had to authorize enlisting women

IMPACTS OF SERVICE WOMEN

• Ferried planes
• Trained troops
• Transported WWII officials
• Filled in for the men serving

STATISTICS AND FACTS

• 400,000 women served
• 432 died
• 88 prisoners of war
• 1830 served in crucial air missions
• Army enlisted women in 239 different jobs

WOMEN WERE CRUCIAL IN THE US'S VICTORY OF WWII