Usually 18 nurses were assigned to a field hospital, which could handle 75 to 150 patients. In North Africa, nurses followed the soldiers off ships and set up tent hospitals on shore as they were under fire. Nurses had to make: twenty mile hikes while wearing a four pound helmet and carrying thirty pound packs. The ANC played an essential role on overseas battlefields, and just as grueling as that of male soldiers. From July 1943 through September 1945, approximately 27,330 newly inducted nurses graduated from fifteen army training centers. In 1940 the ANC had 700 members, but months after Pearl Harbor 12,000 nurses were in service. The files are especially rich in press clippings and photographs of WAVES.The Army Nurse Corps (ANC) was officially established in 1901, with the navy equivalent following a few years later. Series II contains publicity materials and news files, and mainly covers postwar activities. Songs, information on etiquette, and material on WAVE reunions.
Reports on planning, administration, training, and discipline Series I is arranged according to subject and contains primarily wartime and postwar materials, such as: These records contain information on the WAVES from 1942 to 1948 and on their subsequent activities and reunions through 1972. By October 1948, both officers and enlisted women were sworn into the regular Navy. After the war the Navy requested legislation for the inclusion of women within its permanent structure. Legislation ultimately provided for one WAVES captain and unlimited numbers at lower ranks. Naval Reserve to permit women volunteers to serve within the continental United States. The WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) branch was created in 1942 when Congress authorized the Women’s Reserve of the U.S. These records, collected by the Assistant Chief of Naval Personnel for Women, Office of the Chief of Naval Personnel, offer women’s studies scholars and military historians an invaluable tool for researching the increasingly important role of women in the military. Published in cooperation with the Operational Archives Branch of the Naval Historical Center.
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