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Women were not allowed in the Navy until after '73.

I was in the navy in 1970. I'm pretty sure those sailors in skirts were women. I thought the WAVES went back to WWII.

56 posted on 12/21/2011 9:56:26 AM PST by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))

To: Homer_J_Simpson

I’m with you. I guess all those Waves were really men. And that’s very disconserting since me and one of them did a lot of kissing.

62 posted on 12/21/2011 10:00:20 AM PST by Terry Mross (I'll only vote for a second party)

To: Homer_J_Simpson; central_va

Women were not allowed in the Navy until after '73.

I was in the navy in 1970. I'm pretty sure those sailors in skirts were women. I thought the WAVES went back to WWII.

FWIW - My grandmother was one of the first women officers in the US Navy. The Navy Nurse Corps was founded in 1908. She wasn't one of the original "Sacred Twenty" but was commissioned a Lieutenant in 1911. It was still a very small group. I have her commission in a box around here somewhere.

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120 posted on 12/21/2011 11:10:03 AM PST by LonePalm (Commander and Chef)

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