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The expansion of the service created an immediate need for additional personnel. As historian Emily Yellin notes in ''Our Mothers' War'', the establishment of a women's reserve was a primary method by which the Coast Guard could manage this rapid growth. By mid-1942, the Coast Guard leadership recognized that to maintain its operational tempo, it would need to follow the precedents established by the Army's [[Women's Army Corps]] and the Navy's [[WAVES]].{{sfn|Yellin|p 142}} |
The expansion of the service created an immediate need for additional personnel. As historian Emily Yellin notes in ''Our Mothers' War'', the establishment of a women's reserve was a primary method by which the Coast Guard could manage this rapid growth. By mid-1942, the Coast Guard leadership recognized that to maintain its operational tempo, it would need to follow the precedents established by the Army's [[Women's Army Corps]] and the Navy's [[WAVES]].{{sfn|Yellin|p 142}} |
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In November 1942, the USCG Women's Reserve Act was passed by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Roosevelt on November 23. The law amended the USCG Auxiliary and Reserve Act of 1941 in order to "expedite the war effort by providing for releasing officers and men for sea duty and replacing the |
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