Small, Ruth Lovejoy, 1919-. Youth in Boston, Mass., and attendance at Art School; Enlisted in Navy in 1943 for patriotic reasons; Training and indoctrination at U.S. Naval Training School (WR); Attended Parachute Rigger School, Lakehurst, NJ.; Assigned to Corpus Christi, Tex., Naval Air Station where she packed, mended, and repaired parachutes; Social life, travel, recreation and housing; German prisoners of war on base; Promoted to 1st Class Parachute Rigger; V:J celebration; Discharged in November 1945; Significance of WAVES service; Member, Ocean State WAVES.