This week on the Afternoon News Wrap, WDUN's Alyson Shields sat down with a Gainesville woman who served in the U.S. Naval Reserves' Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (WAVES) branch during World War II.
The branch was established in 1942, allowing the Navy to release male officers and crew for active sea duty, while bringing in female officers and other enlisted women to carry out on-shore duties.
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