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Valiant women : the extraordinary American servicewomen who helped win World War II
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In this groundbreaking new history of the role of American women in World War II, a top military analyst for the CIA presents the inspiring, shocking and heartbreaking stories of these servicewomen...
In this groundbreaking new history of the role of American women in World War II, a top military analyst for the CIA presents the inspiring, shocking and heartbreaking stories of these servicewomen that reveal a fundamental misunderstanding of the nature of combat in the war and illustrates important realities about modern warfighting.
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- Creator
- Lena Andrews
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- English
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- First edition
- New York : Mariner Books, [2023]
- ©2023
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- ix, 351 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 0063088339, 9780063088337
- OCLC
- on1390403271
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-332) and index.
- Prologue: "Thank you for even thinking of me" -- Introduction: "America will be as strong as her women" -- Part I: The problem. "The fighting Filipinos" : the war arrives -- "They can't do any more, but you can" : the arsenal of democracy -- "I'm in this war too!" : Women's Army Auxiliary Corps -- "Release a man to fight!": building the WAAC -- "Bring him home sooner, join the WAVES" : Women Accepted for Voluntary Emergency Service -- "Wish I could join too!" : building the WAVES -- "Your duty ashore, his afloat" : Marine Corps Women's Reserve and Coast Guard SPARS -- "The Army Air Forces want you!" : Women's Airforce Service Pilots -- "Are you a girl with a star-spangled heart?" : recruiting and training WAACs -- "Learn a skill you'll value all your life" : black women join the WAAC -- "That was the day I joined the WAVES" : recruiting and training sailors -- "The girl of the year is SPAR" : SPARS and MCWR recruitment and training -- "If you want to fly": recruiting and training the WASPs -- "Someone talked!" : rumors -- Part II: The solution. "Going where we're needed most!" : North Africa -- "Don't miss your great opportunity" : Italy -- "Which one of these jobs would you like?" : stateside service -- "Have you got what it takes to fill an important job like this?" : disappointment and disillusionment -- "Make a date with Uncle Sam" : controversy -- "Now is the time to investigate the opportunities offered" : court-martials -- "Give us more P-47's" : WASPs in the field -- "WACs are going places!" : France -- "I'd rather be with them--than waiting" : Europe -- "Blueprint for victory" : the Pacific -- "To make men free" : victory won -- Epilogue: "Good soldier"
Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- United States.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Female.
- Women soldiers -- History -- 20th century.
- Women in combat -- History -- 20th century.
- Women -- Armed Forces -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
- Women -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- United States.