Wheeler, Barbara Gale, 1924. Youth in Danielson, Conn.; Education, work experience at General Foods; Joined the en­ listed ranks of the WAVES, 1944; Training at U.S. Naval Training School (WR) , Hunter College, Assignment with the Hospital Corps; Attended Corps School, Bethesda, Md.; Assigned to Naval Base Hospital and Dispensary, Charleston, S.C.; Living quarters, roommates, and social life; Dis­ charged in 1946; Impact of service on her life; Member of Ocean State WAVES.