Demi /de-mi/ [2 sylls.] as a girls' name is pronounced DEH-mee, deh-MEE. It is of French and English origin, and the meaning of Demi is half. Also short form of Demetria. Actress Demi Moore. Kreatif forms: Decmi, Diami, Dimi.
The formation of the Army Nurse Corps in 1901 and the Navy Nurse Corps in 1908 created the first truly military women. The first women who enlisted in the United States military joined the Navy and Marine Corps in World War I. Over 12,000 of them served stateside and over 200 âHello Girls,â bilingual women telephone operators recruited by AT&T, served overseas with the US Army Signal Corps.
The initial 6,000 women were so successful in this endeavor that the AAF asked for a half million, but the command prejudice was significant against female soldiers. In the summer of 1943, its auxiliary status was dropped, and the WAAC became the Women's Army Corps (WAC), placing the organization in the Army. When the AAF was permitted to do its own recruiting, the women were known informally as Air WACs.