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There have been a total of 69 female generals in the US military. That includes 19 in the Army, 28 in the Air Force, 21 in the Navy, and one in the Marines. The list of names include Judith Fedder, Carol Mutter, Frances C. Wilson, Martha Rainville, and Claudia Kennedy.
The question is in the category "World War I". The US did not allow women into the "army" proper at the time; they instead joined the Women's Army Corps and were assigned to non-combat positions (mostly clerical and other "service" roles).On January 24, 2013, the US Secretary of Defense officially removed the ban on women serving in combat positions, but the details and ramifications of this are still working themselves out. There's currently no legal bar to women joining the US Army, nor is there one for women in the US Army from "going to war" (by which I assume you mean taking part as official combatants), but it may take some time for the new rules to be fully implemented.
During the Vietnam War, roughly about 2 million men world wide; women were part of the WACs (Women's Army Corps). The term(s) "How many men in the US Army" cannot be applied today (21st century). The WACs were disbanded in 1975.
554 of the women's army auxiliary corps (WAAC) were promoted to women's army corps (WAC), they were the first women to go to war other than nurses
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USA (US Army), USN (US Navy), USMC (US Marine Corps), USAF (US Air Force), USCG (US Coast Guard).