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WWII: Women in the Fight
- WWII: Women in the Fight
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A WAVE Takes Target Practice
The 90,000 members of the U.S. Navy's WAVES (Woman Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) would serve only on the home front, but they would still get marksmanship training.
Photo: Thomas D. McAvoy./Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images
Oct 01, 1943
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