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 law that established the Womenâs Auxiliary Army Corps (WAAC) gave WAACs an official status and a salary but few of the benefits granted to male soldiers. In July 1943, after thousands of women had enlisted, the U.S. Army dropped the âauxiliaryâ designation, and from that time on members of the Womenâs Army Corps received full U.S. Army benefits. Sixteen thousand women who had joined as WAACs were belatedly granted veteransâ benefits in 1980.