Register Oelwein, Iowa
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i Veterans Help !
» Recruit WAVES |
¦Calls At VFW Post Indicate Considerable Interest In Women's Navy Reserve.
The local V. F. W. post, which j
I has just started (aiding the Navy's |
1 campaign to recruit Waves and
1 Spars, has- alre'ad^ received sev- j
eral inquiries from local women.
Jim Dittmer said said.
A partial explanation of the or- I | ganiation's par: in the recruiting j I drive is contained in the letter re j printed! here:
"Never in history have Am-I erican women be.3n offered such j i chances to serve their country, I Never has there been such an urgent need for their services.
"This is total war—a war in which every woman as well as every man must play a part. The men in the Navy and Coast Guard are in for one reason alone—to fight! They're in to fly planes, i man the ships, smash the Nazis I and Japs.
"But to keep them fighting, ! there are important service jobs ! that mus
