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Ornate red and ivory wall decoration, with plaque and symbols

Birthday of the WAVES

Posted by: Jim Martin

Monday, July 30, marks the 76th anniversary of the creation of the U.S. Navy’s WAVES, the Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service.  During World War I women were accepted into the Navy’s reserve force due to an ambiguity of the law which did not specify that a reservist must be a “man.”  The idea was …