Waite, Nellie Welch, 1922-1998. Reminiscences of a WAVE who serves as a storekeeper in WWII. Includes early years in Barrington, RI.; High School graduation; Employment with telephone company, Providence, RI.; Reaction to attack on Pearl Harbor; Enlisted in the Navy in 1943; Training and indoctrina­ tion at USNTS, (WR), Bronx, N.Y.; Assigned to NAS, Atlanta, Ga., as Disbursing Clerk Store­ keeper Rate; Pay; Recreation; Barracks; Food; Work duties; Esprit de corps; V:J Day celebrations; Discharged in February 1946; Impact of WAVES seIVice on life; Marriage, 1947; Interest in an­ tiques; Antiques business.