Research - Rehabilitation - Re-Employment
Dear Sgt. Shaft:
I want to thank you for your well-written article on aid and attendance. Thank you for concise thoughts.
I hope you can assist me in gaining benefit information for my mother. She was in the Women's Auxiliary Voluntarily Emergency Services (WAVES) during World War II. She was stationed at the National Naval
Medical Center in Bethesda, Md. Any information you might know would be greatly appreciated. I've spent hours looking through the VA Web site with no results.
Thank you,
Heidi B Via the Internet
Dear Heide:
Those in the know at the VA tell me that the Women Accepted for Voluntary Emergency Services (WAVES) was started in July 1942 by the enactment of PL 689, H.R. 6807, establishing the Women's Reserve and the commissioning of the first female Naval Officer, Mildred H. Fover as a lieutenant commander and director of the WAVES.
Within one year, there were more than 27,000 WAVES in service, both enlisted and commissioned. In 1948, PL 625, the Women's Armed Services Integration Act, formalized the permanence of female members of all armed services. WAVES members are considered a part of the active naval service. They are, like all veterans, eligible to apply for VA benefits.
Shaft Notes
The Sarge joins Thomas J. Tradewell Sr., commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S., in his admonishment of the Department of Defense in which he said that any attempt to link rising military personnel costs with shrinking military readiness is total nonsense.
Send letters to Sgt. Shaft, c/o John Fales, P.O. Box 65900, Washington, D.C. 20035-5900; fax to 301-622-3330; call 202-257-5446 or email sgtshaft@bavf.org.
BAVF is a tax deductible
organization, CFC Number 11282. Monetary gifts are gladly accepted and welcome.
To donate online, please use
this
link to Independent Charities of America.
Please use the address listed below when sending your contribution via
postal mail or including
BAVF as a beneficiary on your will.
BAVF Home |
Who We Are | Sgt. Shaft | Flag Week | Links | Financials |
Search | Contact BAVF
BAVF - P.O. Box 65900,
Washington, D.C. 20035-5900
Copyright BAVF 2010