Ms. McEachern was a recruiter for the Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (WAVES), a division of the U.S. Navy for women, during World War II. While stationed in San Francisco, she remembers her surprise on hearing the news that Japan had surrendered to the U.S.
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World War II (WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war. It is generally considered to have lasted from 1939 to 1945, although some conflicts in Asia that are commonly viewed as becoming part of the world war had begun earlier than 1939. It involved the vast majority of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis.
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