Navy
On Oct. 21 the Search and Rescue Team at the Naval Air Station (NAS) Fallon in Nevada received a call that a geologist conducting field studies in the nearby mountains fell and dislocated his knee. He was stuck on the steep terrain.Â
Throughout WWII, more than 100,000 WAVES — Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service — took positions at 900 stations in the U.S., freeing men to participate in overseas combat.