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The United States Naval Reserve (Women's Reserve), better known as the WAVES (for Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service), was the women's branch of the United States Naval Reserve during World War II. It was established on July 21, 1942, by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on July 30. This authorized the U.S. Navy to accept women into the Naval Reserve as commissioned officers and at the enlisted level, effective for the duration of the war plus six months. The purpose of the law was to release officers and men for sea duty and replace them with women in shore establishments. Mildred H. McAfee, on leave as president of Wellesley College, became the first director of the WAVES. She was commissioned a lieutenant commander on August 3, 1942, an

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  • WAVES (de)
  • WAVES (fr)
  • WAVES (United States Navy) (it)
  • WAVES (US Navy) (nl)
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  • WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) fu una divisione dell'U.S. Navy composta interamente da donne. Di fatto fu il servizio ausiliario femminile delle forze armate degli Stati Uniti, durante, e dopo, la seconda guerra mondiale. (it)
  • WAVES ist die Kurzbezeichnung für die Frauen, die im Zweiten Weltkrieg zum freiwilligen Notdienst bei den Seestreitkräften der Vereinigten Staaten, der US Navy, angenommen wurden. Dieser Dienst hatte die offizielle Bezeichnung Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (deutsch etwa: Frauen akzeptiert zum freiwilligen Notdienst), im allgemeinen Sprachgebrauch und auch offiziell als WAVES (im Singular oft: WAVE) abgekürzt. (de)
  • L'United States Naval Reserve (Women's Reserve), mieux connue sous le nom de WAVES (acronyme de Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service, « femmes acceptées pour le service d'urgence volontaire »), est la branche féminine de l'United States Navy Reserve pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Le but de la loi est de libérer les officiers et les hommes pour le service en mer et de les remplacer par des femmes dans les établissements à terre. (en) est la première directrice du WAVES. (fr)
  • The United States Naval Reserve (Women's Reserve), better known as the WAVES (for Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service), was the women's branch of the United States Naval Reserve during World War II. It was established on July 21, 1942, by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on July 30. This authorized the U.S. Navy to accept women into the Naval Reserve as commissioned officers and at the enlisted level, effective for the duration of the war plus six months. The purpose of the law was to release officers and men for sea duty and replace them with women in shore establishments. Mildred H. McAfee, on leave as president of Wellesley College, became the first director of the WAVES. She was commissioned a lieutenant commander on August 3, 1942, an (en)
  • WAVES staat voor Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service, de vrouwelijke tak van de militaire reserve van de United States Navy. Het werd opgericht op 21 juli 1942, goedgekeurd door het Amerikaans Congres en bekrachtigd door president Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Met deze wet kon de Amerikaanse zeemacht vrouwen aannemen als onderofficier, voor de duur van de Tweede Wereldoorlog, plus zes maanden. Het doel was om officieren en mannen te kunnen inzetten voor dienst op zee en ze te vervangen door vrouwen in de vestigingen aan wal. (nl)
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