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Waves (Women Appointed for Voluntary Emergency Service), U.S. navy organization, created (1942) in World War II to release male naval personnel for sea duty. The organization was commanded until 1946 by Mildred Helen McAfee. Waves served in communications, air traffic control, naval air navigation, and clerical positions in the United States, Hawaii, Alaska, and the Caribbean. Recruiting ended in 1945, with a peak enrollment of 86,000. Waves forces were reduced when the war ended. After the passage (1948) of the Women's Armed Service Integration Act, women were enlisted into the regular navy, though they continued to be known as Waves for some time.

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WAVES, Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service, the US naval women's service, established in June 1942. More than 900 shore stations were staffed by 86,000 of them.

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WAVES wāvz plural n. the women's section of the U.S. Naval Reserve, established in 1942, or, since 1948, of the U.S. Navy.
acronym from Women Appointed (later Accepted) for Volunteer Emergency Service.

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