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WAVES Officers oral history transcription

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Identifier: MSC-382- Item OH 118

Scope and Contents

WAVES Officers. Horton, Mildred McAfee, CAPT, USNR Organization and training of WAVES during World War II; Director, WAVES, 1942-1945.

Palmer,Jean, CAPT, USNR Education, Bryn Mawr College; Business Manager, Association ofjunior Leagues of America, New York, 14 years; Senior LT, Com 3, 1942; WAVE Representative, Enlisted Personnel Office.

Hancock, joy Bright, CAPT, USN Enlisted with the Navy 1918; First Class Yeoman, Naval Superintending Constructor, Cam­ den, NJ., 1918; Naval Air Station, Cape May, NJ.; Captain's Writer, NAS, Gipe May, NJ.; Dis­ charged 1920; In England for one year; BuAer, Washington, D.C., 1921; Founder and Editor, Newsletter, BuAer, Washington, D.C., 1925; Representative, BuAer, Washington, D.C.; Enrolled in the Navy 1942; Editorial Research, BuAer; Publicity Agent, BuAer; Liaison Officer, WAVES, BuAer; Women's Reseive Representative Policies for WAVES in Naval Aviation; Director, WAVES, 1946-1953; Retired, 1954. Shelly, MaryJosephine, LCDR, USNR Assistant, Dean of Students, University of Chicago, Ill.;Assistant to the President, Educational Administration, Bennington College, Vt.; LCDR, WAVES, BuPers, Washington, D.C., 1942-1945 (was in charge of WAVE officer recruitment) ; Bennington College, Vt., 1945-1951).

Stratton, Dorothy, CAPT, USCG Women's Reserve, Navy; B.A., Ottawa University, Ottawa, Kans.; Master's Degree, University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill.;Ph.D., Columbia University; Dean of Women, Purdue University; Assis­ tant to the CO, Radio Operator's School, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis.; LCDR, Direc­ tor, Women's Reserve (SPARS), Coast Guard Headquarters, Washington, D.C., 1943-1944; CAPT, SPAR, CG HQ, Washington, D.C., 1944-1947; Retraining and Reemployment Administra­ tion, one and a half years; Personnel, International Monetary Fund, three and a half years; Girl Scouts, ten years; Representative, N.G.O., International Federation of University Women, United Nations, New York. six years.

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1 Volumes

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From the Collection: English

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Part of the Naval War College Archives Repository

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