One of the first services available to women during World War II was the Army Nurse Corps. About 57,000 nurses belonged to the ANC. These women served across the globe in hospital ships, flight evacuation crews, on beachheads, and in hospitals at home and overseas. Their working environment was not very stable; sometimes working in buildings, other times in tent cities. Wherever the Army went, the ANC followed.

Considered military personnel, the women in the ANC endured the frigid cold, overwhelming heat, and foreign attacks, just as the soldiers did.

Another branch of women’s services during World War II was the Navy Nurse Corps. The NNC first started in Washington DC, with only 20 women. However, when the United States declared war in 1941, the number of nurses rapidly increased, and by 1945, 11,086 nurses were enrolled in the NNC. Navy nurses served in countries around the world in hospitals, evacuation planes, and hospital ships. They endured long hours and often miserable conditions.

The women served both at home and overseas as cooks, typists, postal workers, operators, radar specialists, drivers, and much more. Being a WAC was a dangerous job. During the war, 181 WACs died, and 16 were awarded the Purple Heart. Sixty-six WACs became prisoners of the Japanese. However, they were awarded for their hard work when in 1948 a law was passed making the WAC a permanent organization to provide a foundation for expansion in case of emergency.

By reading the accounts, I noticed that most women did not show any anger when they were held back form certain things because of their sex. I would like to know if being restrained all of the time really bothered th

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