Naval War College (U.S.)

Caswell, Idary, 1923-. Reminiscences of a WAVE who served in WWII as a Pharmacist's Mate. Includes youth in Maine; College; Enlistment in WAVES in 1944; Training at USNTS, Bronx, N.Y.; Corps school; St. Albans Hospital; Duties and cases at St. Albans; Black women in WAVES; Recreation; VJ Day cele­brations in NYC; Discharge in May 1946; GI Bill for degree at University of Maine; Impact of WAVES service and WWII on women; Postwar marriage and work.

Sullivan, Mary Catherine, 1924. Reminiscences of a WAVE who served in WWII as a Yeoman. Includes youth in Providence, RI.;Secretary, OPA, 1924-1944; Enlisted in the WAVES in 1944; Training and indoctrination at USNTS, Bronx, N.Y.; Yeoman training at Iowa State College, Cedar Falls, Iowa; Assignment at Quonset Point NAS as Yeoman, Naval Air Bases Group; Social life and recreation; Barracks living; V:J Day Celebration; Transfer to Department oflnterior, Coal Mines Administration, 1946-1947; Discharged in June 1947; Joined USNR, 1948; Marriage and family; Employment as secretary, Metropolitan Llfe; Membership in Ocean State WAVES; Impact of WAVES on life.

Hawthorne, Mary E. 1916-2002. Reminiscences of naval career of WAVE officer who served during WWII and Vietnam War. Early years in Providence, R.I., education and graduation from University of R.I., 1937; M.A. from Penn State College and faculty position there, 1940-1944; Enlisted in the WAVES in 1944; Reac­ tion to bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941; Attended U.S. Naval Midshipmen's School, Northampton, Mass.; Assigned to NAS Pensacola, Fla. as Aviation Psychologist, Hospital Corps; Assigned to organize Navy Rehabilitation Training Center USNTS, Bronx, N.Y.; St. Alban's Hos­pital; VJ Day celebrations; Discharge, 1946; Ph.D. Michigan State University, 1950; Faculty, Penn­sylvania State University and Boston University. Naval Reserves and recalled to active duty, 1964- 1971 at Naval Medical School, Bethesda, Md.; USAF, Organized, Physician's Assistant Program; Head Physician's Assistant Program Michigan State University; Veterans Administration; Retire­ment and volunteer activities.

Fagan discusses her career as a storekeeper in the US Navy from 1980-2003. She comments on her reasons for joining the Navy, her boot camp, and advanced training, shoe and ship billets, including service on USS Nimitz and her promotion to senior chief.

Pion, Mary Jeanne Ziegler, 1921-. Reminiscences of an enlisted Marine (WR) during WWII. Youth in Marietta, Ohio; Attended Business College, Columbus, Ohio; Employment at Lazarus Co; Reaction to Pearl Harbor bomb­ ing;Joined the MC in March 1943for patriotic reasons and new experiences; Trained at USNTS (WR) Hunter College; MC uniform; Assigned to Discharge Department, MC HDS, as secretary; Lived in Henderson Hall, then apartment; Promoted to Sta.ff Sergeant; Social life and recreation; Met husband; Married in March 1944; Discharged in August 1944; Impact of MC service on life; Member WMC Association; Employment after marriage and family.

McCoy, Mary Lynch, 1917-. Reminiscences of a WAVE who served in WWII. Includes growing up in Newport, R.I.; Gradu­ ation from R.I. College; Teaching in Newport; Enlisted in the WAVES, Officer Corps, 1943; Training at USNMS (WR) Smith College, Northampton, Mass.; Assigned to Communications Of­ fice, First Naval District, Boston, Mass.; Advanced training, Mt. Holyoke College; Assigned to Communications Office Newport Naval Base, Washington, D.C., and Yokosuka,Japan; Life inJa­ pan; Marriage in 1952 in Japan; Discharged from Navy, 1952; Navy Wife; Impact of WAVES ser­ vice on her life; Teaching in Newport, 1966-1983.

Maguire, Mary, 1918. Reminiscences of service as a WAVE officer in Communications, Eastern Sea Frontier New York, 1943-1945, and Eleventh Naval District, San Diego, Calif., 1945; Includes growing up years in Providence, RI.; Education at Trinity College, Washington, D.C.; Worked at NE Telephone Co.; Moved to Newport, R.I.; Joined the WAVES in December 1942; Training and indoctrination at USNTS, (WR), Smith College, Northampton, Mass.; Visit of Eleanor Roosevelt; assignment to Eastern Sea Frontier as a courier in the Operational Command Department; Visit of Duke of Windsor; Sub sightings; Recreation, D-Day; Attitude of men toward WAVES; Transfer to San Diego, Calif., and Eleventh Naval District; Discharged in December 1945; Reached rank of Lieutenant; Impact of WAVES on her life; Postwar career at Telephone Co.; MLS degree at Simmons College; Librarian and director of Library Services, Cumberland, RI.; WAVE reunion in 1968 and WAVE friendships.

Leckie, Mary McLaughlin Murphy, 1921-. Reminiscences of a WWII Marine (WR). Includes youth in Providence and Barrington, RI.; Attended Katherine Gibbs School; Worked for the Red Cross, Providence, R.I.; Joined the Marines 1944; Negative parental reaction; Basic training at Camp Lejeune, N.C.; Classes and marching; Liked uniform; Assigned as a clerk to Cherry Point, N.C., MAS in Combat Condi­tioning Department; Social life; Saw Tyrone Power; Disastrous fire that killed several women Marines; Marriage in November 1944; VJ Day Celebrations; Discharged in October 1945; Marine Corps a positive experience; Settled in New York; Returned to Barrington in 1984.

Howard, Mrs. John (Mary Rowan Belknap), 1917-2003. Reminiscences of a Navy family, including commen ts on her grandfather George Belknap,and highlights of her father's career, life in Newport in the 1920sand 1930s, the fleet in Newport,the Naval War College, the Naval Torpedo Station and Admiral William S. Sims.

Part of the History of the Navy in Narragansett Bay oral history program.

Murphy, Mary Winter, 1921-. Reminiscences of a WAVE officer who served during WWU and in the postwar period. In­ cludes years in Boston, Mass.; Studied to be an Occupational Therapist, Boston, Mass.; Worked briefly then joined the WAVES in May 1945; Attended WOCS, Arlington, Va., stressful experi­ ence;Joined Medical Service Corps; Assigned to USNH, Great Lakes, Ill., as Occupational Thera­ pist; Social life; Assigned to USNH, Sampson, N .Y. with TB patients; Worked with private industry to develop procedures for patients; Assigned to Brooklyn NH when it was dosing; Assigned to Jacksonville NH as OT, 1947-1951; Social activities; Married Navy Pilot in 1951; Navy Physicians didn't know how to utilize Occupational Therapists; Travel to Cuba, New Orleans, La.;work after marriage; Navy wife for twenty-three years; WAVES service a positive experience.