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![]() "U.S. Navy Wave Recruiting Poster from World War II by Navy Artist John Falter titled: What Pay Does A Navy Wave Get? a wave in uniform holds up a comparison chart showing a chart of pay scales for Navy Waves of different ranks Apprentice Seaman, Seaman Second Class, Seaman First Class, Petty Officers and includes enlisted U.S. Navy Wave fringe benifits; Click for larger printable copyright free graphic file of this artwork of a famous vintage WWII U.S. Navy Wave recruiting poster by Navy artist John Falter. |
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A very attractive young wave by the notable Navy Artist John Falter holds up a chart showing a comparison chart of pay scales for Navy Waves of different ranks; the pay rates may have been attractive in the 1940's but look pretty small by today's standards: the lowest Pay Rate shown on the scale chart is for an Apprentice Seaman at $50.00 per month, $54.00 a month plus a quarters allowance of $37.50, a young girl entering the Navy Waves could make up to a whopping $151.50 per month! Moving up the Navy Wave pay scale, Petty Officers could make up to $217.50; but wait, there is more: a $2.00 clothing allowance, free medical, dental, and life insurance, mail, special tax exemptions, transportation rates, discounts on theater tickets and more… |
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Women in the U.S. Military: World War II marked the turning point of women's participation in the United States military. At the beginning of World War 2 the only women actually in the U.S. military were nurses; then first in 1942 came the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC)—later the Women's Army Corps (WAC)—was established in May 1942. Two months later, the Navy began recruiting women into its Women Accepted for Voluntary Emergency Service (WAVES). Women also entered the U.S. Marines and Coast Guard, and women pilots became members of the Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Service (WAFS) and the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP).
HISTORY WOMEN IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY
Women on U.S. Armed Services Recruiting Posters: The images of women used on military recruiting posters were always gorgeous, pure and very feminine shown in neat as a new pin uniforms. The military recruiting posters were attempting not only to attract qualified women to the military but show the women of the military in a pure and positive light because the new idea of uniformed women alongside the military men although really necessary was not initially well accepted. In the beginning military women were not well thought of by people either in or out of the military. Many felt that a womanly women belonged in the home taking care of the family etc… in a sense many of the posters produced during the war years were aimed to change these types of ideas; even the women on posters promoting industrial "men's work" in the states created by the war and men absent overseas were presented as very feminine, maybe strong and determined but still all female very womanly (Rosie the riveter). The message that the poster creators were trying to impart to the women of America was to enlist in the U.S. armed services or take one of these "men's job" vacancies created by the war was not a "masculine" improper or immoral thing to do and would not affect their womanliness or take away from their femininity.
United States of America Military Armed Services and Civil Defense Recruiting Posters: When the United States entered World War II the U. S. Air Force, Army, Navy, Coast Guard, United States Marines, all branches of the armed services began aggressively recruiting and scores of government civil defense workers were needed as well. The military and civil defense wanted women as well as men and World War II also created a shortage of nurses many were already in the military so a new uniformed service was created to recruit, educate and fill this void with young American women, the new uniformed service which eventually no longer needed and abolished in 1948 was called the program administered by the U.S. Public Health Service was called the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps. All this war recruiting resulted in some outstanding artwork and effective motivational recruitment poster printing by the U.S. government; these awesome military recruiting posters surely made Americans want to join their favorite branch of the armed service or other uniformed services like civil defense or the U.S. Cadet Nurses; some of the best recruiting posters printed during the late 1930's and early 1940s are displayed on these pages. These vintage WWII armed services recruiting posters are public domain images and copyright free images files free for download and any use.
