the country during this time because of the war so many women felt that they could also do their part for the war effort by keeping the assembly lines going and keep the planes flying. Women were also given the opportunity to fly these planes as well. Originally called WAFS, these women are actually considered to be the first women to fly in and pilot military aircraft. These women were part of a ferrying squadron that was dreamed up and started by a woman by the name of Nancy Harkness Love. This soon was renamed to the Women Airforce Service Pilots or WASP. These women were responsible for the delivery of aircraft to their home bases and for ferrying them back and forth from the war (Women were vital to military success in war). Women also served much like they did during World War I in which thousands worked with organizations in the theaters of war. Many of these organizations such as the YMCA, the YWCA, the American Red Cross, and the Salvation Army literally traveled with the soldiers over to Europe to aid in the fight. According to the Women's Overseas Service League, an organization started in 1921 to help those women who have served, says that nearly 90,000 women would find their way overseas during this war. Of that number, about 33,000 were officially assigned with the Army, Navy, or Marine Corps (Women were vital to military success in war). "What, Women Marines? You've got to be kidding. This was the first reaction of male Marines that had just been freed from a prison camp in the Philippine's in early 1945 (World War II). This is because as WW II started, a woman in the Marine Corps was something that was unheard of. But on July 30, 1942, the Marine Corps Women's Reserve was established and became part of the Marine Corps Reserve. Their mission was to provide qualified women for duty at all U.S. based establishments in order to release the men for combat duty. Things even progressed further by February 1943 w...
