Olson, Ethyl,

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Ethyl Olson, a Waukegan, Illinois native served during World War II with the Navy WAVES. She discusses her service in several radio stations in California and Hawaii. She attended Lake Forest College on the GI Bill after the war, and settled in Sturgeon Bay (Wisconsin) where she raised a family.

From the description of Oral history interview with Ethyl Olson [sound recording], 2005. (Wisconsin Veterans Museum Research Center). WorldCat record id: 225202362

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Wisconsin--Sturgeon Bay
Illinois--Waukegan
Wisconsin--Madison
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Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941
Radio, Military
Women sailors
Women veterans
World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945
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